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: ; ' . Chapter XX.—Continued. ;, :. ., , .• The first stars were twinkling in the oalm depths

• bf Heaven,-the rosy sunset light yet lingering,-when Don Ramon returned tb . his home, accompanied by Agnes'Golding. A heavenly stillness reigned, and a

4 Solemn quiet pervaded the lovely, landscape, and was reflected upon tho spirit of Agnes os .'she ascended the broad flight of steps leading, to tho por.tioo of tho Palma tpltu Gathering up her riding skirt,.she was bonduoted by Don Ramon to hie wife’s apartments. As they passed the corridor leading to the siok oham- ber, they were startled bythe hurried tramp; of feet within, and a shriek, loud, wild and.piercing, thrill* ed'to the heart' of Agnes, oansing the strongjira she leant upon to tremble.,. • • ■ . - ■

■ ' Succeeding that cry of'anguish there reigned a stillness,'ominous and profound. Controlling, in some measure, the agitation -that shook his-frame, Don Ramon passed on.eayingina husky voico to

‘ Agnes, "Let us hasten, for'God’s sake I’l'I'uBUmg aside the ros&coloredourtains they cameupona

* scene that thrilled their, hearts with grief and pity unutterable. ^

Angela lay upon the bed, oold and still as sculp­tured marble; the long lashes drooping on the now waxen cheeks. The roSo colored curtains threw a mocking gleam of life around the silent sleeper, the sea breeze lifted the clustering jetty curls from-the ohildiSh brow with caressing ’ motion; bat on that brow was set the impress of immortality achieved! A beautiful smile ^rcatjied the faded lip's, and ,the

' little hands were claspbd as ■' i f in joyful thanksgiv­ing for her admittance tb the ■ angel band! Across the foot o f the ted, with disheveled hair, and disor­dered garments, warn and still, as the-eorth form ofthe admitted angel, lay the bereaved-mother, and

: over mother hiiij child,- with fearful exclawtions and pitying love, bent tho ’ attached eervfu)ts, praying, weeping, calling upon' their mistress, with the pas­sionate earnestness. aind: exaggerated expresshsns-of- their race. , : / ' ! 'I. ‘ '•'■ > ' \ - i! '■

Don Ramon tenderlyraisedhis wifo and carried her tb a sofa j-Agnes for'one'moment bent over the little Ahpsla/with - tear-tilled eyes and prayerful heart, then Bhe turned all her attention-tohei* suf. fering friend. Bhe administered restoratives inher

• own: quiet, gehtle way; with a' few ldving words soothed the clamoring women, and brought calmness and submission to their bouIb. Very tenderly she Stroked baok the veiling trtsses fronj the closed eyes of Manuela, and sprinkled the palo face with water. The magnetism of her touch, more than aught else, seemed to restoro tho bereaved one's consciousness j sho sighed, languidly unclosing her large black eyes.

' now so wildly mournful in their expression. She raised herself upon1 her elbow, gazed soarchingly into the faco of Agnes, then her eyes wandered to hor husband’s face ; he was kneeling beside her ; then around the room her seeking glances wandered, finally resting upon tho hell. With a! wild cry; she broke from tho encircling arms of her friend and rushod towards tor fihild. Ah 1 how crushingly falls tho weight of unannounced sorrow upon buoy­ant and life-blest hearts! Poor, undisciplined Manu- ola! ■•'

She burst forth'into load and -piteouB cries, stand­ing ereot with outstretched arms, and frantically

’ calling upon the saintsI'tb' ifestbre her ohild to life. Her long* black haht fell wound her like a dense veil, even to her very feet ; her glittering eyes and de-

1 Bpairing attitude strubk’all heirts with ten or; her■ husband trembled for her reason. Agnes shuddered ; as she listened to her freniled; supplications; her - impious denunciations of God’s justice, her1 prayers

for "death! - - • : '•!>; !-■■■:Give iny my child!” shfi bridd. " I calmot live

without my Angela. I will not give heb up—Heav. Cnhas angols oiiiugh of its own I ShewaSmlne-^- let&ekecpinychild 1" Unheeding the prayers and entreaties of her husband, resisting the gentle ftp. peals pf Agnes, she threw herself upon the' body pf her child' and kissed the fcealod lips', th6 'olosfed eye­lids and tho ice-oold hands.' DonRamontreirnbled In every nerve, yet manfullybearing hli owti great

• 'torpoWi onljr stroVe' to Stibthe the wretched mother. 111

FAlthMto his p ^ b iU e l j^ Dootbr Walter called irith 'his friend Doctiir Vardon. He 'spoke ft feir words of oheer to tho father, b u to n Manuela’sear 1ill fell twheeded/'She' abcibed him of^ .iiffannn and'tardlhess,1 <Med' ithat her!bhildffiight

•• h »teM en '^ ed ,m d still’ foM liilr< ih« bedalde, deteri^MiMireir-tiibeBepanUedfiiom httUitle-AW

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soothing potion for her unfortunate friend, and with his companion' then left1 the house.' : : : 1 • ■ - -

The lamps were lighted in Mauuela’s loom, and the pitying stars i and the silver-gleaming crescent moon peeped into'the1 silent chamber. Agnes dial missed the weaty attendants, and patiently watched beaido the departed ohild, and'the living, maddened mother. Don Ramon’s grief was nobly and silently bome.- He would go into the adjoining room tb pray, then return to his wife, vainly endeavoring to soothe her ravings and win her' to tears. She re­pulsed: his: loving' efforts, 'turned aside from her friend's oaresses, with blood-ehot .eye and ‘ clcnohod hand defying Heaven and shrieking, " Give me baok my ohild!"- : -' ■ - > :i • : .> •

When the paling stars yet glimmered in the heav­ens; but'sounds of awakening life proclaimed the ap­proaching dawn, - the flickering lamp-light found Agnes^pale.and wearied, watchiiutJiekidaihe sleep-lngManuela. Mb -had' been induced to drink the overhanging cedar and the waving willow. Agnescooling potion, and - overcome by its narcotlo influ' enoe, she had fallen into a deep sleep. The rose-col­ored ourtains were clgsoly drawn around the sleep­ing innooent; pale and wan the loving husband sat beside the sorrbw,stricken wife, holding one of her hands, casting looks of anguish upon the little form so soon recalled to its heavenly birthplace, and gaz­ing . with ldve unutterable upon Manueia’s pallid face. At first her slumber was unquiet, she tossed uneasily about on the rioh lounge to whioh they had carried her, tears started from under her closed lids, and faint murmurs' and broken words issued from her lips ; but her sleep deepened, and her: senses were steeped in forgetfulness, aindthe mighty sorrow was lifted awhilo from her heart. 7 ■ •

« A h !” thought Agnes, amid her tears, “ here is B orrow ahd death, but here is also life undying, in the love that survives, and cheers even bereavement’s gloom. My loved ones live; and are as not to me 1” i

“ Lady, do seek some- repose," whispered Don Ra­mon, “ Manuola will not awakon for some hours; I will remain with her; allow me to oall' Dolares to conduot you to a sleeping chamber. You will be Overoomo and ill, dear* lady; do seek i'few hours reposo." j.iJ ,-r. ; -v

:*i Do you seek the 1 needful rest, Don Rfipion," re­plied Agnes. “ You will have muoh to see to, to4ay; melancholy duties will dovolve upon you. . Do not be troubled on my account. I. could not leave Manuela, and can rest ;very well where.I am. But please send a messenger: to the Castlo, as soon as your people are astir, and let Mrs. Greyson and Eva know that I Bhall not return to-day—yoU Wlll fleaso mention why."- • i ,,

“ I will do all you desire, dear friend, and at your request will take an hours’ rest, though I know I cannot sleep! Oh, my little Angela! my poor wifo!” he sobbed, kissing the unconsoioua brow. “ -I will retire to the next room, Senora'; I f 1 should fall asleep, promise to oall me when Manuela awakes."

AgneB promised, and Don Ramon' passing to the next iwra,- th¥ew himself upon tuo velvet rug spread before the Virgin's shrine. The light of the silver lamp was flickering and expiring; the sorrow-worn, wearied man soon slept ’ , . 1 . . ‘

The fading Btars: twinkled in tho brightening heavens, rosy clouds faintly tinctured the horizdh’s miBty verge, tho ooean's lullaby came in a subdued whiBpcr to the listening ear; the fragrant incense of earth’s morning sacrlfioe wds wafted to that si­lent chamber. Agnes extinguished the yet Jlini., mering lights, and while; the,.morning’s rosy, light advanced and illumined the . distant mountain’s side, her. eyelids drooped in weariness; a sweet lulling sense of repose fell upon her troubled h e u t; softly gliding to tho floor, her hea4 tested upon the fopt pf Manuela’s oouoh, her face’ was turned towards the bed, with its closoly drawn rose oolorcd hangings. And Agnes Blopt, and before her inner vision passbd a dream, so vividly distinct, so lifo-liko, and olear, that it seemed reality, and tho life to. whioh her, un closed eyes returned its faintest shadow. , j, .,.0 . O . O. . O . * , , -_.0 ; I• Asoft touch that olectrio-Uko awoke eveiy sli«n- berihg and hbly emotion of her soul was - laid upon her shoulder; sho folt a hand, lifo-warm yet spirit­like, .Infusing hope add confidence, and’ a voioe, loV, thHiHng and musioai, bidding her. arise and follow. Agnes tttose and followed the guiding, unseen hud,! thef nraeti^i jiallfiriniE iToloe . tl^ t, bore no shape pr fbraui i Alo^g: thgt, sil.ent: paasages, past the sleeping negroM, dow b t ^ broad marble > staircase, over .the. tetdabk'' flel^ iuid iipqptingiog: flowers, pMt i

flowering and, fruit-IadenfifVdgcs, till she reaohed the sea-shore that Bklrted heri own domain. Moon, light, bright and peapoffli illumined the'Castlo walls; .sllenoo.'oharmed anounbroken, brooded above its sleeping beauty. ; .• : . . ;

’ . “ Behold I" again whlsj^pd the, celestinl yoioe. Agnes beheld the marble s^irway of her abpdo,.,il­lumined with fantastio, col^rod lamps,, and Eva in bridal array smiling upon ie r from amid the encir­cling ;m es and blaming ,powers.. Tho soft. grpy eyeB of Eva wero illumined by tho lovo-light ofyore ( Bhe felt herself drawn to tji i .loving bosom, and the youthful hoart palpitated against her own with love n fid jpy!. She folt the wann.impress of tho loving lips, and the sweet breeze that jlayod amid tho rich foldB pf the bridal veil lifted jhe waved chestnut hairy from; the pandid brow. ' A celestial expression .. happiness -lrradiaWd.tho placid countenance; sho pointed with her finger, and Agnes beheld Frpnk Wjrlie kn9eling before her, a wreath of laurel cncir- clingj the panly brow ; she; felt his grateful kiss

-upon her hand; she saw the beaming lovc-glances of Eva, bent', in worshipping homage upon him, the true and gifted, kneeling, there.- 'ihcn the thought arose in the joy.filied hearf ,o£ thd happy dreamer, ‘‘ Where* amid all.this ha^pinesyis my husband— my mother?" XYou wish f e jtnoff?’; .whispered tho unseen angel “ ComoI^Tho seraphic counte­nance ,of Eva faded -into,. shadpwy iiiiliatiuotness, tho blue eyes of Frank fiuled frpm bpforo,her vision', tho gleaming fantastio lighte pore, gone. Following 'tho guiding spirit, sho passed .again the flc wery mead­ows and fruitdinod hodgos, and entered the great' mountain passes; up, up, the wearisome ascent Up, to where, tho mountain foot-path winds in gpr-' geous grandeur, leading the seeking spirit to Na­ture’s .temple, in thoso wilds, erectod to the,,truo| God’s worship. On, apid its solitary grandbur, while tho B ilver moonlight streams ovorleiipiug water­fall, -nodiUng tree and luxuriantly waving gras;. The attendant, spirit whispprs, Feflfti^ot!” tfop a sense of desolation, a forobodit|g feaOw^ized'upp^a thefa lte r in : ..Thcrft-

io vbion !” exclaimed Agnes) as sho roso to her feet and rccalledhersingular dream. “ And thou art surely.an angel! ah, pray for mo thou sinless ono! and, by thy loving prcsenco, oh ! oonsolo thy afllictcd mother!?' she prayed, sis sho knelt beside tho bed and gazed upon tho smiling face of (ho “ early dead." , .; Manuola, still in d«!p sleep, was removed to anoth­er room, her husband watching bosido her there. With serene and solemn feelings, Agnes' arrayed tho lifeless form for its earthly resting place. Beau­tiful and spiritual, are tho oustoms of that' flowery olime, as regards tho burial of ‘ children; and tho truly religious, and deeply poetic spirit of Agnes, rendered homage to tho beautiful usages of tho coun-

ilrJ-tty. The child was arrayed in spotless white; not of a shroud, but a graceful, flowing dresB, such as sho

had worn and .played,.in. Her chubby littlo feet were encased in whito silk slippers, her neck and arms left bare, and adorncd%ith her favorite coral ornaments. Her hair was smoothly arranged nnd allowed to fall unrestrainedly upon her shoulders, as at. her ohildish play. Qn her brow they placed a wroath of flowers, not alone tho palo' flowers conse­crated to tho purity thus early recalled, but tho rich and glowing flowers of garden, mount and forest, mingled their hues and fragrance upon the still brow of the angel child. A beautifully assorted bouquet was placed in hor right handflowers wero strewn upon.her couoh and perfumed her pillow; garlands and.festoons o f evergreen and mingling roses were twined in among, and looped up the rosy curtains; flowers'wero scattered with a lavish hand around the room and trodden under foot upon tbo mat­ted floor. No ono would havo thought that a dead child rested' beneath that flowery canopy, so lifo-liko was the' dttiiudo, bo cheerful the B u r-, roundings; no darkened ' chamber but the heaven­ly sunshine pouring in upon tho lavished wealth of flowers, tho blue skies’ glory visible from the uncurtained windows. No funereal trappings, no streaming,,.;' paournful . crape appalled heart and

enters, and by the moon’s light disbovers a rough oouoh on which reposes a human form.' Pale and blood-streaked tbe faco appears by the glimmer of a flickering lamp, and* tho matted hair ovorhangs a bandaged brow;. He rfiises himself upon his elite w— his groy eyes glare wildly upon the intruder. Mer­ciful Heaven! it is her husband’B face!

The soft hand of tbe guiding angel is laid upon her throbbing heart, and the tempest there is stilled as by a holy mandate. " From tho. palo Ups of tho re­cumbent figure issues a plaintive sound, he murmurs the one imploring word; “ forgive!" '• '

Agnes’ hand is clasped in his, her lips are on his forehead, sealing there a loving pardon; and as the grey eyes glaze in death they aro fixed with a look of love unutterable upon her face. And now Agnes' beholds, standing beside the couoh, thi;tall, majestio figure of a woman dark-robed and Silent; with eyes of midnight darkness and long unloosed hair, whose jetty luxurianoo is intcrworeu with silver threads. This woman approaches Agnes, solemnly joins tho hands of the departed husband and living wife, aud murmurs “ peace." Her touch (upon the brow of Agnes leaves there a soothing influenoe, a strength­ening power; her voico is sweetly familiar,' Becond only, in dream-like music, to tho unseen angel’s utter- rance, 11 See hero thy friend 1” and Agnes beholds her benefactor, her friend Malcolm Mackensie. “ Come!" sayq tho thrilling, spirit voice, and Agnes followed submissively, a strango calm within.' her breast; again they tread the mountain pathway, the flowery meadow, and stand before tho Castlo gates.

“ Como!" whispers tho unseen intelligonco, and unwearied Agnes follows. In the shade of tho flowery bath-house, on the vory spot whoro' husband and mother plotted, whero sho and Mackensie met, ro- olincs the figure of her mother-in-law ; .but ah I how pale, and changcd and wasted. No costly silks en­veloping tho shrunken form, no laco adorning tho pallid faco; in coarso habilimonts, neglected and abandoned, lies the once haughty woman, stricken with disease; from horiips-asBues - a- piteous mur­mur, sho raises her wasted hands and cries “ forgiYO! forgivo 1" As Agnes stoops to kiss thb sunken brow, the angel whispers “ Conic!" and again she submis­sively pbeys.

Past her. own Castlo gates, past the.verdant fields, up tho well-known path to Manuela’s abode. In the flower-onoircled portal, stands tho radiant figuro ofU littlo child, its flowing, snowy garments streaked with silver light, an azure halo ehoircling'the flowor- crooned head. It is the little Angela,, distinct in form and foaturo. but exceedingly beautiful, endow­. ed, with tho infant glory of immortal life.;. “ ,Como 1" whispers a sweet, low voice, but itis not

.heriguardian angel’s ; it is the voice qf Angela; tho infant immortal takes her hand, and loads her along the silent corridor, and tho yet darkened chambers, to tho room wherein the earth-form reposes and tho mother sleeps. ■ “ Toll mother I am happy," sho says and smiles, and drops a'fragrant blossom from her wreath upon.the sleeper’s brow.' A soft breath, warm and balmy, fans the brow of Agnes; delioious musio lulls her soul to rest; sho sleeps profoundly. ' :» : u ' ■ 0 . ' ° - r '.■ ; With « sudden start, as if rudely awakened by an eleetrio shook, her eyes unolose, au l j bewildered ehe gacegam ad., 'The t o t admitt^ Bunbeap».is ,play- iing onithp dead child's brow; the sweet ,smilo lla: gen M jihepladd oountenanoe. < BtiU the pale and ;we«ymoth)«csleeps aoalin. ;deep } ' ’•cifi-W «gr<W lf lt;*M Mdreifl»njttfM

-wuae j ouly thd (ubdveft vpico.nnd. tnsrful eyes' o fthe faithtuni6gro6a gavo notioe of tho preaonco of a n angol in tho house. As Dr. Walter had pronounc­ed Angela’s fever not to be contagcous, tho little Ra­mon was admitted to the silent chamber, and gawd wonderingly at the still form of his little sister, ask­ing his tearful nurso “ when Bhe would awako ?”

All awaited anxiously tho return to consciousness of the bereaved mother; they feared for her life, her reason. But Manuela awoke calnfly in tho arms of Agnes, and with a patient, heart-broken meekness, listened to her gentle friend’s religious consolations.Upon that faithful bosom Bhe wept floods of heart- wrung sorrow, but her voico was no longer upraised in denunciation, or in impious demands for death.Agnes cncouragcd her to weep; fondly smoothing hor disheveled tresses; in Bimple nnd appropriate language she held forth-to the sorrowing mother the delights of the heavenly reunion, the unbounded lovo and wisdom of the Universal Father, who looked be­nignantly pitying upon human woe, unheeding creed or dogma, loving all his children with a Father’s guiding lovo; enfolding their bouIs with reflections of his own light and joy !, . .

The oountcnancc of Agnes glowcd with inspiration, with spiritual power and beauty, as sho portrayed tho glories bf immortality to the yeartiing soul of tho bereaved. - Then’ she told Manuela how sho had dreamt of her child, and with eager eyes and clasped hands, the mother listened, spell-bound. To her de- sparing grief and maddened outcries succeeded an intense depiro to behold her child in tho spirit, to hold converse with its angel form! “ It was no dream I" she cricd, sobbingly clinging to Agnes; “it was my child’s blest spirit, und you arc tho favored lncssengcV to whom my child appeared! Oh, leave me not, Agnes! Stay with mo, that I may behold my child!”r Whon Don Ramon entered tho apartment, Manuela

threw herself upon his breast, and amid her tears implored his pardon for her repulsion of his faithful love. When tho littlo boy 9 as brought in, she pressed him to her bosom, and fervently'prayed for him. 'She re-lighted the Virgin's lamp, and entrsat- wifo1 _ ing her husband and Agnes to assist her, c a l l e d i f i g delightedly to Agucs; tho seryantB, and offered.up tho usual prayers. 'The oustomary devotions concluded, Manuela improvised a prayer, so poetically sorrowful, bo passionately maternal, so resigned and beautiful in its fervent, supplicatory spirit, that the women burst out into sobs and cries, the men wiped their eyes and hid their faces. Lqng after tho glowing inspiration left the lips of Manuela, she was clasped to her hus­band's breast — weeping thero repentant, hopeful tears. With head bowod almost to tho marblo floor,Agnes held' tho little Ramon to her heart, and prayed in heart and spirit, that the “ bitter cup might pass away; and the summoning angol call, cro, Borrow and misery gathered around thoso sho loved! , 1 '

That afternoon, a motley oompany assembled at Palma tola. Messengers had boen sent to all tho frionds and acquaintances of the family, informing thetn of tho sad and sudden event. Tho littlo form was placed in tho snow-white coffin, a pillow covered with*loce, plaoed beneath the head, and strewn with orango blossoms and pure white roses ;• flowers were scattered over hor white robes. The sympathizing and the ourlous, the tender and tho unfeeling young, and old, thronged around to seo the little Angela attired for the grave. Eva, too, was there; a sweetly mournful.exprewlon shadowed horfaoo; her gentle Sympathy fell like healing dew ujpon the iiiother’s heart. ,Mrs. Groyson oould not oome, she was indis- pb pd, but Don Felix aooompanled her, Agnes^who

knew not of his rcturi'i, wn3S startled by his sudden appearance, and tho shudder sho could never totally euppress in his prcsonco, again thrilled ber frame, as his dark glance met hers."

Tlio good Father Ansclmo spoke long and earnestly with tho mother. His vonepahlo countcnnnco put on no lengthening sanctimoniousness for tho occasion, . as he spoko of an angel’s translation to a sinless* clime. Ilo told her of tho guardianship of unseen angels, of tho beniity and holiness of submission. Subduing her rising grief, Manuela bent over her child and kissed tho brow, tbo lips, with a long, lingering pressure; bIio took a rose-bud from the’ wreath, nnd placed it carefully in hor bosom; then • casting her eyes reverently upwards, sho fervently cxclaimed: “ I shall behold my child, in Heaven 1” nnd threw herself weeping into her husband’s arms. Ho had already taken farewell of his child, and Agnes, kissing tho seSlcd lids, threw a whito laco veil ovor tho coffin. . ‘

Six young girls, yet roscato with childhood’s frealrntTss, wero to bear tho coffin to its rcBting-place. Attired in whito, tho thick plaits of their jet-black hair descending to their knees, cnch ono carrying, a fragrant bouquet, rad smiling in their unconscious­ness of death or sorrow, they stood around tho bed. .­The snowy coffin wns_ placed upon a stand with poles, and graccfftlly lifted by tho innocent ltearers, tho cortege moved along. It is not customary for women to attend funerals, bo tho throng of visitors grouped around Agnes, and the affianced brido of Felix Rivero. Manuela ha’d retired to hor oratory to pray alojjp. .

Whon tho funeral train reached tho garden gato, a burst of joyous, triumphant music roso upon the cool sunset air. It was tho music that denoted on infant’s burial. Manuela, starting from hor prayers, cried: “ that is earthly musio, heralding my child's departure; tho angels, ere this, have welcomed my - darling with diviner strains.” —

In the distance, tho joyous musio died away; the , motley company retired. Eva, kissing her atop:. motbbr's brt)'w,-Teturnca to flic oastle." "flgnfes and .Vrtmwla wero ttlonu; the murmurs of tho sea, and tho sighing of the night breeze, alono responded to the heart's prayerful invocations.

CHAPTER XXLu Cruol and fuUoJ coulil’st Uiou And nono

Amongst thono foole Ihlno eyo vngrusbwl.Hut nio to practise rilsrlintKj ou,

That.loved theo most T' C o tto s .“ Ah I mil It la whon Il|» Iirvo apokcu, .' Ami lino o p ono lmlli hut bin token.

To flliil tlio heart Wr <trrnicl mu' un n, . . .VllimtoK not with n nlngle loim Of IhuRe Ititentie unil |>ashiuimto lays, . -It feigned so well iu other dnys I" A x os .

We are writing of many years ngo j but even then, glimmerings of the dawn now so rapidly spreading over this favored land, were dispensed unto tho dwellers of tlmt tropio region. Spiritual develop- inent, then, as now, passed on its progressive march, though its manifestations wero fow and unacknowl­edged. A beautiful faith took possession of tho heart of Manuela Gonzalez, since tho day of her child's burial She said sho felt tho presenco, tbo pressing touch o f Iter angel child, that sho appeared to her in dreams, radiant witli excelling loveliness, wreathed with immortal 'flowers. ‘ Agnesi who felt' the truth, the beautiful rcMity of theso revelations, did not gainsay her friend's belief. To the friends who called upon her, Mnnuela presented a gravo, calm aspect; and she spoke with tender reverence, but without nny violent manifestations of sorrow, of her littlo angel daughter. Many were astonished at ' tho sudden change in tho gay, fashionnblo lady;' they were thoso incapnblo of maternal feeling. Others wandered at her sudden calmness and ap­parent resignation, and thought her violent grief soon exhausted. When she spoko rapturously of hor spirit child, many decmpd^her. orated. But tho consoling fact of' spiritual communion dwelt in tho soul of Manuela, nnd threw its heavenly attractions around tho heart of Agnes. Deeply, Don Ramon mourned his lost one, but he bore his sorrow man­fully, and appeared calm and self-possessed in his wife’s presenooj Bhnring her beautiful belief,'listen-

’ exposition, o f her Soul’s formed faith, her lovitlg spirit’s philosophy. Ho- was a noble-minded, enlightened man, despite of his somewhat pompous manner, and inherited Castilian pride. , , ! ,

Agnos remained for some days With her friend; Eva visited daily at Palma tola, and with a deep sense of joy, tho long neglected step-mother rend in tho young girl's face tho returning affcotion and the yearning trust. Eva brought fragrant offerings bf ■ flowers, and her beaming smile and gentle manner illumined as with rejoicing sunshine the solitudo of • tho mansion, for Manuela refused to see many visi­tors. Calm and resigned as ber hoart had grown, and elevated as was hor spirit by tho stroke of mis­fortune, hor nsm us system had rcoeived a shook, and her hitherto firm health was impaired. Doctor Walter eallcd daily, and recommonded a ohange o f scene, as the best means of tho lady’s restoration. Bat Manuela refused to leave her home, and its dear, -though puinfbl memories.

Nelly, too, had oalled upon her. young mistress, iud Alita, escaping from the “ old one's" vigilance, oon- trived to capture I«by, and took him to his mistress, as an cxouse for presenting herself. The'old lady haughtily abstained from visiting “ those heathenish Gonzalez’," but she sent several messengers, Irith hor ooremonions compliments, and Inquiries,after tho hcalth of tho family. Agnes wondered at tho protracted absbnoo of her husband, and yet; an undeflnablo fbar caused her to dread Us coming.

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y o u a r o i l l - d i s t r e s s e d --------------■ ■

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r e le a s e d h i s h o ld .

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i n s p i r a t i o n — f r e e d o m , f i l l e d h e r ' s o u l w i t h c o u r a g e ;

a n d c o n s c io u s i n n o c e n c e i l l u m i n e d t h e s o u l - f i r e s o f

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i n g t o n e s o f h e r d e f e n c e . •

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f r o n t e d h i m w h o d a r e d a c c u s e h e r . ,

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l e t t e r s t o - b e a f o r g e r y , " B h e s a i d , *• a n d y o u o u g h t

t o k n o w t h e m a s s u c h . Y o u k n o w m e t o o w e l l t o

s u p p o s e m e c a p a b l e o f d e r e l i c t i o n o f m y d u t i e s . I

l o v e m y e a r l y f r i e n d a n d b e n e f a c t o r , a s a d a u g h t e r

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dare y o u a c c u s e m e o f h a r b o r i n g a n u n h a l l o w e d s e n ­

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o f l l j j 1i & h e r c h e e k s c r i m s o n i n g s t i l l d e e p e r w i t h i n ­

d i g n a n t s c o r n . '

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t h i n k t o b l i n d m e b y t h a t s h o w o f v i r t u o u s i n d i g n a -

t i d n ^ f T h e t i m e i s p a s t , I a m y o u r d u p e n o l o n g e r .

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t h a t y o u r m o t h e r ’ s s p ie s s u r r o u n d e d m e . M y f a i t h

f u l d o g s t a r t l e d t h e t r c u o h c r o u s n e g r o w h o t r a c k e d

m y f o o t s t e p s . A n d you a l l o w your wife t o b e t h u s

t r a c k e d a n d h u n t e d b y y o u r m o t h e r ’ s s p i e s ? O h ,

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y o u s w o r e t o l o v e a n d c h e r i s h . ” •

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h e r h u s b a n d , p a c i n g t h e m a t t e d f l o o r w i t h h u r r i e d

s t r i d e s . .

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“ L i s t e n , A g n e s ! ” s a i d h e r h u s b a n d , u f t e r a p a u s e .

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v e r g e o f r u i n . M y f o r t u n e s a r e s h a t t e r e d — I c a r o

h o t n o w w h a t f o l l o w s — b u t I w a n t y o u r c o n f e s s io n .

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m a n , a t s u c h a n h o u r ? W h y d i d y o u m e e t ? W h a t

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i n h i m ? A g n e B , y o u s h a l l n o t l e a v c t ^ i s r o o m b e f o r e

I k n o w ’. "

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a n d l o w , “ I w a n t e d t o s p e a k t o m y e a r l y f r i e n d ,

a n d y o u r m o t h e r w a t c h e d a n d p r e v e n t e d i t S o I

m e t h i m a t o u r g a r d e n g a t e , a n d c o n v e r s e d w i t h h i m

i n t h e b a t h - h o u s e . ” •

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c o n v e r s a t i o n I S jm r i c , b e f o n r t p 'p r o c e e d t o v io le n c e .

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c l a s p i n g h e r h a n d s . “ Y o u a r e d o u b l e d — d i s t r e s s e d .

I w i l l , I s o l e m n l y p r o m i s e , t o l l y o u . a l l s o m e f u t u r e

t i m e . O h , M a u r i c e , y o u h a v e n e v e r o o n f i d e d t o m «

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y o u t e l l m e , o r B h a l l 1 W r e s t y o u r s e c r e t f r o m y o u ? "

h o c r i e d w i t h r e n e w e d f u r y , s e i z i n g h e r a r m .

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t h e c r u e l w o r d s ” — H i s h o l d t i g h t e n e d u p o n h e r

a r m , h i s o t h e r a r m w a s u p l i f t e d , - a s i f t o s t r i k e h e r

t o t h e e a r t h . A g n e s q u a i l e d n o t , m o v e d n o t ; b u t

g a z e d Btcadily, m o u r n f u l l y u p o n h i m ; t h e w o r s h i p ­

p i n g l o v e o f t r u t h s w e l l e d h e r b r e a s t , h e r r e s o l u t i o n

w a s . t a k e n . .

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k n o w , " s h e s n id , i n a c a l m , d e t e r m i n e d v o i c e . M S f t -

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m y s o u l e le v a t e d w h e n I l i s t e n t o y o u — t o y o u r r e l a ­

t i o n s o f h e r o i o d e e d s a n d n o b l e a c h i e v e m e n t s . I t i s

f o r y o u r o x a l t e d s e n s e o f h o n e r , y | ) u r t r u e ' m o r a l o o d e ,

y o u r u n p e r v e r t e d , b e a u t i f u l v i e w s ’ o f - e x i s t e n o e , f o r ,

y o u r - c h a r i t a b l e h e a r t , a n d " l o v i n g , b e n e v o l e n t s p i r i t

t h a t — t h a t — I l o v e ' y o u s o m u c h } . I h o v e n e v e r h a d

a n y o n e t o l o v e m e , a s I w o u l d b e l o v e d — y o u , o n l y . I

M y m o t h e r I o h , t b a t I o o u l d r e m e m b e r h e r 1 : t h a t

s h e w e r e l i v i n g t o b e h o ld o u r h a p p in e s s 1- o h , F e l i x !

I h o v e b e e n s a d t o d a y , I k n o w n o t w h y . T o - m o r r o w

“ T o - m o r r o w y o u a i e t o b e m i n e f o r e v e r 2 my a n g e l

w i f e ! m y b e s t . a n d b e a u t i f u l o n e ! 1' h e r e s p o n d e d ,

o l a s p i n g h e r t o h i s b r e a s t ■ , .

G e n t l y E v a r e le a s e d h e r s e l f f r o m h i s e m b r a c e , a n d

l i f t i n g h e r e y e s t o h i s f a c e f o r a j n o m e n t , ' c o n t i n u e d

i n l o w , f e r v e n t t o n e s : • ; . , r

“ F e l i x ! i t i s a s o le m n t h i n g , t h i s d e d i c a t i o n o f , a

l i f e , t h i s - s u r r e n d e r i n g o f o n e ’ s b e i n g ! I a m very y o u n g ; ' b u t I s e e m t o m y s e l f u n l i k e t h e m a i d e n g o f

m y a g e . I t h i n k m u c h , o h , to m u o h ! D e a r F e l i x j

you h a v e n e v e r y e t c a l l e d m e a d r e a m e r . Y o u e h a r e

i n t h i s e n t h u s i a s m , t h e w o r l ^ c a l l s f o l l y . Y o u w o ^

s h i p w U h n S e ' a t / N a t u r e ’ s ' s h r i n e f J a % r a f a r e a o o to " •

m a n ’ s f o r m e d t e m p l e { y o u l o v o , w i t h m e , t h e m u i r

m u r e d h y m n s o f O c e a n ; t h ^ f w h i s p e r m u s i c t o b o t h .

o u r h e a r t s 1 Y o u , t o o , r e a d a l a n g u a g e , i n t h e w i n d ,

a s i t s i n g s o r w a i l s ; y o u l o v e t h e s p i r i t u a l — t h e

h o l y — t h e u n s e e n , b u t f e l t ! Y o u k n o w a n d f e e l w i t h '

m e , t h a t t h e r e i s a n i m m o r t a l i t y b e y o n d t h a t w l i i c h

p r i e s t s o r c r e e d s r e v e a l ; t h a t t h e r e i s a h e a v e n * o f

l o v i n g s o u l s — a n e t e r n i t y f o r t h e p u r e w e d d e d s p i r i t s

t o l i v e a n d l o v e i n ! ^ / A n d t h e r e — o h , b e lo v e d o f , e a r t h i

we s h a l l f o r e v e r d w e l l — a n d l a v e — a s n o w . ! " . , . . , ,

T h e s o u l o f ' t h e b e a u t i f u l e n t h u s i a s t g l o w e d f r o m

h e r s p e a k i n g f a c e ; h e r U r g e , s p i r i t u a l e y e s w e r e

u p r a i s e d t o t h e s u n s e t h e a v e n s . W i t h i n i m i t a b l e

g r a c e s h e l i f t e d h i s h a n d t o h e r l i p s , a n d i m p r i n t e d

u p o n i t a l o n g a n d f e r v e n t k i s s o f h o l i e s t t o v e .

F e l i x g a z e d u p o n h e r w i t h a m o c k i n g s m i l e , t h a t ,

“ -inured, a s h i s a t m e n c i r c l e d h e r s l e n d e r w a i s t :

“ Y e s , m y b e lo v e d E v a 1 m y s w e e t a r i g e l l t h e r e ' i s

a h e a v e n o f l o v e f o r t r u e w e d d e d s o u ls , s u c h a a o u r s ,

a n d i t s f e l i c i t i e s a r e . f o r e s h a d o w e d o n e a r t h . " i '

; “ I t i s i n m y h e a r t n o w ; " r e s p o n d e d E v a ! “ 1 w m ‘

B a d ; s t r a n g e , g l o o m y f e e l i n g s w e r e i n m y . b r e a s t , f t

w h i l e a g o . B u t n o w , a s t h e s u n d i s p e ls , , t h p m is t s ,

y o u r p r e s e n c e h a s r e s t o r e d m e t o t h e f u l l n e s s 0 f : e x *

i s t e n c e . O h , F e l i x I t h i s i a a b e a u t i f u l w o r f d ; o b ,

w h y , b e lo v e d 1 a r e t i e r e t e a r s a n d s u f f e r i n g b e s id e

s o m u o h l o v e ? " _ '

T e a r - d r o p s g l i s t e n e d i n t h e t e n d e r e y f s f a p e n s iv e

s h a d o w s e t t l e d o n t h e g l o w i n g f a c e . F e l i x lo o k e d & t

h e r i n q u i r i n g l y . ■ “ I m e a n m y s t e p - m o t h e r ; s h e s u f ­

f e r s f r o m s o m e h i d d e n s o r r o w . S o m e t h i n g w i t h i n

t e l l s m e t h a t s h o i s i n n o c e n t O h , d e a r e s t i l e t n s ^ e

k i n d t o h e r , l e t u p f j r g i v e , i f t h e r e b e n e e d o f fo r g iv e - -

n e s s — ’ t i s s o b e a u t i f u l t o f o r g i v e ! ■ ■ I f e a r — b u t l d i r t

n o t i n t r u d e u p o n h e r s o r r o w s . I h a v e never B p c l t®

t o y o u a s I h a v e t o - n i g h t b u t I a m bo f u l l o f o o a fi-

d o n e e , o f j o y , o f h e a v e n ! A n i d m y d e a r f a t h e r I I

d i d n o t s e e h i m w h e n , h e l e f t h o m e l a s t t i m e — I V t f

a t y o u r - B i s t e r ’ s , H e w i l l n o t b c h e r o . t o j m w m ; * ;

o h , h o w I s h a l l m i s s h i m ! B u t A g n e B , d e « r ^ a t l

s h a l l w e n o t a a k i h c r t o a c c o m p a n y u s t o V a le n c ia ? ”

A f r o w n d a r k e n e d t h e b r o w o f F e l i x B i v j r ^ j b u t

h e a v e r t e d h i s f a c e , a s h e r e p l i e d , i n t h e same ttnier v o i c e : “ M y l o v e ! b u s in e s s r e q u i r e s y o u r f a t h e r ’s

p r e s e n c e e l s e w h e r e ; w e . m u s t s u b m i t t o w h a f l s . u n ­

a v o i d a b l e ; h e w i l l p r o b a b l y p o o n r e t u r n !

s o m e w h a t c h a n g e d m y m i n d a b o u t o u r j o u r n e y ; '

p s » e w e r e m a i n o t OaiUglia del mar u n t i l

r e t u r n ? w h a t s a y s m y a n g e l ? , i t s h a l l

c 6 m m a n d s . " , ' '1 . - ■ '. i J1.1. -t!il ^“ O h I g l a d l y , j o y f u l l y i d e a r , ' k i n d F e U x i ! ' v

u s r e m a i n a n d w e lo o m e f a t h e r . Y o u h a i [ 'e , . . — ^

t o p o s t p o n e o u r m a i T i a g e , " s h e f a l t e r e d , ; ) 1; . ^ , ? 0®

s a y y o u h a v e f a c e r ’ s o r d e r s t h a t h e ( d e s f r e 8 (u S iW ^

m a r r i e d t o - m o r r o w . B u t , i f , w e Afj^' h e r e , i t w i l l b e s u c h a p f o q f p f o u r ,

s o a p p r e o i a t o o u r t h o u g h t f u l n e s s l i t

y o u h a v o p o s t p o n e ^ , t ) i e ( j o u r p o y , ^

ttbsent—is it uot, d6ttr, Ftilii^?y • ■ ' '^ K r t f t n v 1u>1a h a j1 I -----— 1 J o a a

.!) fioj;:fo r ^ m y .a d o ^ , ,^ ,)

r e p l i e d , k i s s i n g 'her h a n d .

“ O h l I d j n o f f t i l i a t / y o u o r e _ ,

a n d . t h o u g h t f ) ^ t h ^ j t ‘ j n i i a e v y i | l

m u r m u r e d t h e o q n f i d i n g g i r L , , B u ^ ,

r - y o u i w ^ l l n w k e , f r i o n d s w i t h , i p r ^ ! p ^ ^ * f ld

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B A3ST,N-EE . O F : ,L I G H T . amarried, Jhera «hall be no law, but my sw«t one's will,” Baid Don Felix; then, witli Renewed wnderoess of manner, he entreated her to array herself in her bridal oostuine. He would see his angel, as the id* f i r ing orowd would behold her on the morrow. W o u l d Eva indulge him in this whim ? '

Tfith a smilo, the young girl responded.' “ Wait for me here, I shall soon return1” ,' Bounding away with a light step, and still lighter heart, she hastened to her own room, summoning Nelly and Alita, (who happened to be at llborty,) to assist her to dress. .

. [to be continued in ode next.] ,•

BBBAJTQBR’ S ^ENTENTE COBDIAtiE,”' I saw fair Pence descending from on high,’ . '

Btrowlng the earth with gold, and corn, and flowers 5 The air was calm, and hush'd all soothingly

- Tho last faint thunder of the War-god's powers. . 1, The goddess spoM: “ EqualIn worth and might,_ Bons of French, Ourman, Russ, or British lands,

Form an alliance, Peoples, and unite,In friendship firm, your hands. ' '

' Poor mortals I wearied out with strlfo and toll,' But vex'd and broken slumbers are your doom j ,

More wisely shnro your crowded planet’s soil, .And ’neath the sun, for all thero would be room.

You quit the paths of happlnosa And light, 'Lashed to the car of Power with galling hands;

Form an alliance, Peoples, and unite, . .• In friendship flrra, your hands,, Tou light the torch to burn your neighbor’s field:

A guBt of wind—nnd, lo I your own crops blaze,And, when the earth grows cold,» spade to wield

Where Is the hand uncrippled by tho frayat Ofev'ry nation's boundaries, In sight,

' No ear of corn by blood unsullied stands.•' Form an alliance, Peoples and unite,

In friendship firm, your hands. , 'Kings, seated on your smoiiid'rlng dty-wSlIs, -

. Dare with Insulting sceptre's point to tell, ' 1Count and recount (with calmness that appals)' The human souls whose lists their triumphs swell.Poor, helpless lambs 1 of all your tears In spite, '

Yon quit youf pens buf for the shamble-stands.Form an alliance, Peoples, and unite,

In friendship firm, your hands.

. Iietnot Mars vainly stay his murd'rous course;Found binding laws that tyrants may not burst;

. Of your heart's blood no longer ylold the source To lngrate kings and oopiM'rors still athirst.

Fear no blse stars I The tenror^ofa night,■ ■■ Themoralngseea them’ piloTliiko HI ck'rlng brands,

Forman alliance, Peoples, and unite,In friendship Arm, your hands.

. Yes, freo at length,.the world may breathe'and rest!ThrdW'o'er the past a Toll that none may turn,

Till the glad plain to dance and song and Jest;' ' " On Peace's altars let Art's IncenBe burn.. .-SHopo, smiling on the breast of Plenty bright*

* Awaits the fruit of suoh a union's bands., Form an'alllance, Peoples, and unite,

In friendship Arm, your hands. . ..Thus spoke tho sainted nymph; and many a king,' Taught by tho past, took up the cheering tale;

The'eartli was deck'd as In the early spring;Old Autumn flower'd, the advent bless'd to halL

Vineyards of Frauca, pour'out your treasures bright,To cheer the strangers tow'ids their mother-landa.

■ Form an alllanoe, Peoples, and unitesIn friendship firm, your hands.

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Jffffftstcp on t\ t Stairs.AN OLD-TIME HISTORY.

Only in the hour of grief and sorrow—only when desolation and death had fallen upon the house, and when another soul was about to quit its hold on life—thcn.it was, and then alone, that the footstep was heard upon the stairs..'-Generation after gen­eration had passed away,'and for the space of nearly two hundred years.— so said the records handed dowg—it had existed, throughout the huge old hall, echoing and ’ re-echoing a solemn, slow, and ghostly

“footstiep in the ancient mansion of the Grandons-^- the. forerunner of a death to one o f - the

name.When the wind howled around the house, and the

rain dashed wildly against the windows, like somei invisible, troubled jspirit, seeking,for an entrance; while the thunder rolled above, and died away in low mutterings afar off, and while the walling of bending tretfa, swinging to and fro in the strong grasp of the spirit ofthe storm, could'bo, heard with­out, then,'if death hovered over the ancient mansion o f the Grandons, it echoed through the huge old halL ~ ; ;

When sunshine and brightness smiled in th§ sum­mer sky, and' tlio/ pweet voices-of wood songsters making music beneath the tabernacle of heaven, IliUed pleasantly the air; when Nature was deoked -ou fin her robes of verdure, and aught save jby and cheerfulness seemed strangely out of place, then, too,

'i f death .hovered over that house, itechoed through the huge old halL ‘ . • . ‘

I n the stillness of night, in the broad glare o f day, whether death approached benqath the shadow of the home-walls, or far off in ti foreign land—no matter; when the Destroyer’s hand rested on the brow of one of that family, so surely resounded that footstep, slow, Solemn, and ghostly, echoing and re­echoing throughout the huge old hall within the ancient mansion of the GrandonB. ,

And its history was said to have been this: Long, long years agone, Geoffrey Grandon was holden of the name and possessions of the family. He was a stern, swarthy.man, upon whose brow evil passions had left their deep impress, and' in whose glittering blaok eye might be read a cruel and malignant dis­position. 'Mabel, his wife, was ono of those gentle : beings whom Fate at times sees fit to tie for life to some such extreme opposite as was her husband. She had sweet blue eyes and golden-huod hair, and her voice was Uko unto musio wafted oVer tho waters on the breath o f the evening wind.

The marriage of these two had been like many of old, and even some of the present—an ambitious father’s will overruling the feeltogS and happiness o f his child. Possession soon tired Geoffrey Grandon o f Us sweet young wife, and he scrupled not to dis play towards her his indifference— nay, even his aversion of her patient and enduring naturo., And as day after day passed by and1 years1 rolltd on, sho became that most sorrowful of beings—a scorned, a martyred wife 1

The’ timo drownear when she was to become a mother, and ehe looked hopefully forward to the birth bf her ohild, in the fond, thought of its being the means of her gaining from her husband a tithe of at least his respect; his love, she knew now, Bhe no^er had possessed. 80 she would sit in her own chamber looking out upon the sea, and watch the

' golden sun as it dipped , its red beama into the wave«,'-sloWly disappearing beneath them; and would los^hfcreolf in glad visions of this pledge given toher to ffdm her tortured heart; and dreaming on

• in 4 0*, would rouse at kngth With'a.8tart,:to;find‘ 'thatshe had lingered nnoonBdously'tmtU fk glOojn _ , „ .............

th«! earth, ■eqmingto w « k .the [bon a feeurfUl gusplijton in h la or her mind,but yet

air-formed visions of brightness in whioh she had thus indulged,

And so he oame at length—the . lovely infant boy, with his mother’s blue eyes, and her own soft golden Hair, and as she held him np before tho gaze of her stern husband, she watched eagerly his faoe .as he took him from her. It was plain to see that ho was pleasod after his own rough fashion, and. that he looked with-something of prido upW tho helpless little creature that he held with suoh 'unwonted gentleness within his arms. But alas 1. there was no ohange in hisT manner towards herself; the little oomer was no bond to draw him one iota to herself. She gazed long and fixedly, upon him as he stood playing with the ohild; and as she read hor doom of a lifetime of further wrong and indignity, she sank helplessly baok upon the pillow with a sigh of utter woe, \ . ■

She saw It still more when, some time after, he brought into the house a woman, who seemed to rule all things by the power o f her wilL .It was a long time before she even dreamed in her guiltlessness of the deep wrong transpiring beneath her very eyea. But it was all laid open before her at last. .

This woman—how she shuddered to meet her gaze fixed upon her when she chanoed to-meet.her, for she seldom left her own apartments since the birth o f her boy, scarce letting him from her sight for even a moment, and heeding nothing that was else transpiring around h er.' But tho wrong so deeply displayed, could: not be.: hid forever from her, and the htdf-dropped hints of a favorite domestio, at length aroused her from her sleep., As she listened to the woman’s words, the light dawned faintly at first, and then bunt suddenly upon her like a flash, and she knew-herself not only as the scorned wife, but as the deceived and dishonored mother of his child. ■ r . 1 ■

And she refused indignantly—for the first time throwing aside her blind obedienoo—to appear again , at the board where sat this woman, who, by her husband’s sanction, so disgraced*-the roof beneath which she alone was entitled to sit as mistresB. Entreaties and commands were alike unheeded in persuading or compelling her to countenance this last and greatest indignity, and so she was at length suffered to rest in peace. - Oh the last occasion of her husband’s attempting to gain, her to his point, he had been brute and coward enough to use even violence; but finding it would be as easy to move a rook from its solid bed within the earth as to ooerce her in this matter, he had left her with a red spot on his swarthy brow, and a heavy blaok frown settled on his countenance, dashing the door fiercely to with a terrible imprecation.

“ Now, Heaven, support me in my holir of need 1” murmured the unhappy lady, as she listened to lls heavy footstep 'echoing along the hall until it was lost in the distanoe. Heaven support thee, indeed, poor lady 1 for this is but the beginning. , ,

In tmothcr chamber in the mansion was the woman he had brought into the house.. “ I tell, thee, Geoffrey Grandon,” she said, “ I tell thee that the veriest sohoolboy hath more courage than thou showest in this matter.” • .

He sat in the shadow of the room, with his cheek resting.upon his hand, and his. heavy eyebrows were knit together as though he Dnndnrerl Awpiy on some weighty thought that occupied his mind. She had risen as she spoke,’ and'approaching^ him she laid her hand upon hiB shoulder, saying, as. she did so,“ Thou wert not always wont to be so fearful in re­moving from thy path an object Whioh offended thee. Why, then,'dost hesitate now?”

“ Must blood again stain the walls of the honse of Grandon ?” murmured he to himself, musingly. » 1 had thought-there was enough shed within them now:” •

“ Then wliat matter for a few drops more or less ? If that there be a perdition for past orimes, this can­not sink thee deeper in its gulf, Geoffgsy Grandon 1” And as she spoke she laughed with a low mocking laugh that sounded drearily, and echoed throughout the 'darkened chamber as though a troop o f demons had caught it up and repeated it merrily among themselves. . . ;

“ This deed,” said he, after a moment’s silence, “ is to me a more fearful one than has ever, beforo stained these httnds. It would seem as though some*, dread calamity would befall our house/should it go on. I know not what mean these fancies, but they do weigh most heavy upon me.” . ’ !

“ Then shake them off, and be thyself,” said the Woman. “ What 1 art thou turning canter thus late in life, Gfcoffroy Grandon? ;Now, out upon thee!I grow awearied o f this silly feeling. Since thou art', no longer a man as .once thou were, mine shall be the hand to accomplish the task.” -

A pitying angel, hovoring over that guilty pair, approached and whispered in his ear a word—it wta of his boy. Tho spark of meroy lying deep within that man’s stern bosom was fanned into a gentle life,*and he murmured forth, “ She is the mother o f my child 1” . '

“ And i f she is,” hissed the temptress in his ear, “ he shall not need her care, for I Will be to him all that slip 'should, and more. Enough I Choose, Geoffrey Grandon, irnd quickly, between her and me. See, my hand is on the door; once past its threshold, and I return no more. Speak, thy choioe t”

Tearfully the angel pleaded, “ She nover harmed thee in word dr deed, but was all that a loving wife Bhoulddper be to thee I” Yet the words rung in his ear, “ Tliy choice 1” At lengtiiho replied, “ She hath lived fi puro and gentle life, and all who know her bless hor name.” . .

“ Thy choice I" exclaimed the woman. .“ By withholding now thy cruel; hand there will

bo hope for theo in the dread hereafter,” he replied.“ Thy choice—thy choice!” she repeated.' lie sprang to . his feet, and between hisolenohed

teeth cried out, “ It is made 1 Do with me as thou • wilt, demon that thou art ! I am thine I” And he felt a presence pass swiftly by him, and could have jjwom tho sound of a whispered voice echoed .through tho room, “ A curse then rests upon thee and upon thy iouBe forever 1” .

&nd tho tapestry upon tho walls swayed; mourn­fully to and fro, as though wailing for this anathema that had descended on the house. The night-owl shrieked without, and tho sullen roar of the sea afar off seemed to repeat it, while tho winds bore it to his ears again, “ A curse then rests upon thee and uponthy house forever 1” , ,

o o ' o 0 0 0 0 9. , in one of the vast chambers in the proud mansion of the Grfiiidonfl, and extended in all the sublimity of death, lies the gentle woman who- had'tome the empty tltle of its mistress. None knew assuredly tile coupe ofjh^r death; but the serrants:exchang«d f^g^tened. glanees one.,witli another, as though eaoh

dared not give It tongue. For while sho had lah) upon her dying oouch, and while thoyj sorrowfully watched her fainting breath, and the dews of disso­lution gathered upon her fair brow, they had all been startled by hearing at intervals a Blow and solemn footstep on the stain, echoing dismally through tho hall without.; And as thoy went to discover who this intruder might be thus paoing to and fro in th^,dead stillness of the night, they gazed in ono an&her’s faces in blank dismay at.finding no soul risible. • , , ,

And yet tho door onco moro dosed, and sllenoo reigning through the apartment, again was it hetird — that solemn, slow, and ghostly footstep. And until the family vault received tho form of tho un­happy lady, it was constantly heard paoing to and fro. Then once moro all was quiet, and tho guilty couplo Who had listened, to it in undefined terror, breathed again with a feeling of deep relief.

They were married —tho dark-eyed woman and he whom Bhe had inoited to prime, and there was royal feasting and drinking in and about tho mansion. But though shouts and'oheera greeted tho pair as they, appeared together, it was but the mocking sem- blauoe of joy that met their cars. No .soul, ns thoy passed by, murmurod forth the cheering sound, “ God bless .thom!” None beheld in Qeo'ffrey Grandon a benefactor, or saw in her face tho kindly heart that had beat within tho cold breast lying so still within the burial vault of the Grandons, Sq the rude crowd feasted upon tho good cheor spread out before them, but gave no thought o f thankfulness for the hand that had bestowed the bounty. ’

And now it was late into tho night, and the revels were hushed'; the few invited guests departed for their habitations.' In tho chamber they stood toge­ther alone—tho guilty pair, now mado legally one by the ties of holy mother ohurch. Her point w gained, and she was satisfied.

He sat nnd leanod his head upon his hand; and as his wife approached and laid hor hand upon his shoulder, his thoughts reverted to that uight whon they had thus Bat in the stillness and gloom, and oonoeived their plans together concerning her who was now laid at rest Arid, as he felt her touch, ho Bhuddered visibly, and fanoied that again he heard that whisper breathed within the room, “ A curse then rest upon thee and upon' thy house forever I"

Hark 1 Why do they thus start, and in tho gloom, strain their oyes to gaze in one another’s blanched faces, while the blood is leaving their pulses,‘and their hearts boat with-painful' distinctness ? He grasps her hand, and fools it ice-cold as his own, and half rises from his .seat to liBten.

Without the chamber, echoing through the huge old hall, and sounding ghostly and fearfully in the silence reigning throughout the mansion, thoy hear it plainly—a solemn footstep on the stairs^

They had listened to it when watching by the death oouoh of their Tiotim, and the sound had Btruck terror to their hearts as they heard it slowly pacing to and fro. What could it how portend ? He arose, mastering, with a powerful effort, his emotion, anh sprang to the door, throwing it open. -

Tbe lights still burned in the great hall, so that its remotest recess, was visible; but as he gazed along it, a shudder shook his iron frame as he saw that-*Kow» vAit nn • * * * 4 tho nan wus ijuik \m- 8erted. Ahd a deadly,'undefined fear fell upon them both as they re-entered the darkened chamber, and Bat down Without uttering a word. -Scarcely wero they seated, when there again—that footstep, slow, solemn, and distinct 1 ’

Now it is almost, loBt to the ear, as it seems to a* cend and grow faint in the distanoe. Anon it oomes again, descending, and each moment ooming nearer, until it iB even dose beside the door o f the apart­ment. This it passes slowly by, and goeB towards that portion of the building wherein the future heir of Grandon’s name is sleeping.

He loved his ohild; it was the one bright spot in his heart, and as he listened to that dread footstep slowly ajr pro aching the sleeping-ploce of his son, he cast aside all alarm, and hastened to him with a vague feeling of shielding'him from harm. His wife followed, and together tlw entered the nurqery.

A toper shed its faint light through the room, and fell upon the infant’s face 'with a strango ghdstly hue.. He went softly towards it, and took gently with his grasp a little hand lying extended over the edge of the couch. Suddenly ho reeled as though a fierce blow had-been dealt him, as he felt that hand was cold as death. With a o^ll and terror at his heart, he looked closer on the little form, and the awful truth bunt upon him—h is 'child was dead I

Uttering a ery, he fell upon his trended knees be- Bide the oouoh, while his wife looked on with a bo wildered gaze. And as he thns sank down and buried his face within his hands, again through the hall reverberated that unearthly footstep,paoing solemnly to and fro. And now ho felt in that dread hour that the words were coming true—“ A curse then rests upon thee and upon thy house forever 1”

Four children were bom to the name and fortunes of Grandon—not the types o f that child, his firat- born, who had possessed the blue.eyes and fair-hued hair of the murdered lady reposing in the family vault,., These!ifeslemWed his own swarthy brow and glittering blaok eye, and his Wife’s handsome but evil oountenanpe. These, oven in their tenderest years,'foreshadowed their after wickedness tad vicious tendencies. These were living witnesses that tho everlasting curse slept not, but lived daily in their young, but baneful natures. .

Alfred, the eldest, was now past his majority, and was wandering in a foreign land. With some, a lovo ofthe beauties and novel sights, and with othcro, a desire for the dcpravitieB.whioh are not to bo found at home, are the ifcSentives to this wandering; with him it was dccideuly the latter that urged him on.. They heard but little of ,him or his doings; for in those days man had not yet ohained the lightning, bidding it journey to and fro as his messenger, and, save only when tho heir of Grandon stood in need of money, his whereabout was most frequently a matter of conjecture. ' ,

In an obscure town on tho borden o f tho Rhine, a young Englithman is living In retirelnent, awaiting romittanocs from homo to disembarrass himself from some .heavy liabilities that hang over him, and pre­vent him, for tho time, from continuing his usual system of dissipated pleasure.' His single sonant informs the curious that he is a gentleman seeking health and quiet from too olose ah application to study, o f whioh ho is extravagantly fond. And ho Bmllos grimly as ho makes this last assertion, recol- looting that his master would be BotneWhat. puzzled to read even the title of a boot—an accomplishment somewhat rare in thoso days, even toi steadier minds than his , Th'e simple peasantry bm that th6 young mimVftw bearfmarks of whatniifeht well pasi'for

■passed without. pwper HO fur­

ther questions, but f)rbm~th6lroottago doors, and amid clouds o f smoke, give him “ good den, Meinhorr Alfred!”—the name' given' by his trusty sijrvltor.— as he walks moodily past. This is Alfred "Grandon.. in one o f these tome oottages dwells tho daughter of a small farmer, holding'a rank somewhat superior to the bondmeitiand villeins of the neighboring baron, by name Veinhardt. Alfred Grandon sees the pretty Ernestine, and, struck by tho extreme beauty of tho simple maiden, contrives various devioes, with tho aid of his unscrupulous attendant for meeting and convening with hor. Dazzled by attentions from ono so far abovo har, she listens to tho Insidious whispere he pours into her car, believes his profes­sions of eternal constancy and. devotion, and—sins, as woman oft has Binnpd before, led on by a false .villain to her dostruotion.

Shortly after this, Alfred Grandon was miBBing from tho quiet German village, and Ernestine Vein hardt awoke to tho tcrriBlo truth that sho. had been tho yiotim o f heantlessness and treachery.

A fow short months pass by, and there lies within the. churchyard, near the cottago wherein sho had lived, and loved, and been deceived, tho cold form of Ernestine Veinhardt, and on hor placid bosom rests the equally quiet figure of a littlo innocent babe,

But an avenger is on the foots trip of tho destroyer, and though long mouths, ovon years, elapso before' they meet face to face, tho moment comes at last.

u I think thero must bo somo miBtake in tho per­son,” said Alfred Grandon. “ 1 would pass on;” and the words aro C9IQ and haughty as he Bpeaks.

“ But I know there is no mistake,” was tho reply.“ Look you, Mcinherr Alfred’ Grandon, you may per­chance remember this. You miBlaid it on your sud- don departure from tho inn whoro you Uvcd, when your vile presence blighted our peaceful valley."

The young man held up a Bmall ivory miniature of Alfred as he spoke, and then taking a letter from his boBom, and opening it, "displayed that it was from his father, and bori unerring proof of his identity. ‘

“ Now, sir, your answer to the brother of the out- ragod Ernestine ! Aha!” he said, noting hts start of surprise. “ you thought not of suoh a champion rising to revenge the memory of tho humble villago mftSden.” ’

“ I cannot challenge you,” said Alfred, •• we are not equal” ‘

“ No, thank Heaven I we are not equal,” said tho young man. “ Cruelty and villainy can bo but on a footing with him whose ministers on earth they are. But we lose time,” ho said, pointing to the sun, which was. slowly approaching' tho edge of tho horizon." Before yon Betting orb Bhall bg,hiddon in tho olouds of night, one or both of us will be in eternity. Wo are, in this green spot, snfo from intrusion; and, in tbe namo of Heaven and of my murdered sister, I challenge thee, Alfred Grandon, to mortal combat; and nerve well thine arm, for thou hast ono to deal with in whose veins the blood is flowing in streams of molten fire!" , .

And, iu the quiet of the forest, with only .One eyo looking down upon them, these two men stand foot to foot and face" to face, in tbo strife of deadly, mor­tal combat. '

Another picture. A/youth of about seventeen sits »*— his whnlo attention wrapped up

in studying tho game. From the sizo 'of-hio adver­sary’s heap of gold, and the .few pieces that are ly­ing at his own elbow, it would seip^ as though ho had been a heavy loser. A moment moro, and with' an oath he riBeB from the board, and, without his' hat, rushes forth at a mad paoe into the street / On he dashes,-his black locks streaming in the wind, nor pauses for a moment, until ho stands upon tbo verge of the blaok and rushing river. He murmurs forth in indistinot tones, “ Dishonored and niined! banished from my father's house, aiid, therefore, hopeless to look from him for the means of safety! an ignominious death in prospcot on the disoovory. o f the orime I committed to gain my last supply of gold! For tho wretched Henry Grandon there Ib nothing left but this!”

Still another picture j. A child of twelve yean old wanders by tho verge of a cliff, overhanging an abyss of some hundred . feet in depth. Its attendant, seated beneath a pleasant shado, takes little heed of his wanderings, nor notes his near approach toward the dangerous spot. A noise of crumbling earth at length attracts his attention, and he sees, with hor­ror, that his charge is but just sinking with the un­stable earth, and, as he gazes. spell-bound on tho sight, beholds him suddenly disappear from his view. With wild orles assistance is summoned, and the mangled form is borne to its home beneath the roof of Geoffrey Grandon, and laid tenderly upon a couch. ‘ •

And now tho last picture of them all: Geoffrey Grandon and his wifo lean over tho; oouch ot their ohild. All is huBhed I Without,'tho golden hues of tbo sun are fodihg from sight in the far west, and the beams just rest for a moment on the sufferer’s couoh ere they are slowly lost, and obscurity gathers over the. earth. The labored breathing of the child on whose brow tho dread seal" bf death is plainly laid, and the.low sobs of the woman whoso offspring itis, alone breaks the stillness, when suddenly the well-remembered souad reaches their ear*—»ooiom», slow, and ghostly footstep, cclioing aud ye-echoing through the huge old hall in the- ancient manBionjof : the Grandons; and, as it Strikes upon their terror- stricken ean, a faint sigh from the little couch an­nounces that their child is no more. '

o 0 0 0 0 o o oDarkness haa gathered over the two combatants

ere their strife of blood is ended. The brother of Ernestine Veinhardt leans exhausted against a treo, and upon tho ground, writhing in the agony of death, Alfred Grandon ebbs out his life-blood. She is avenged!

0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0

A hollow plunge is taken in the black and rushing river, and beneath its flood-the crimes of HenryGrandon are onded in this world forever!

o o o o o o o 0 1

One infant boy remained—his tho fate to bear that namo down,' accursed as it was, to far posterity, nnd> and thus fulfill tho dread anathema pronounood against i t This Geoffrey Grandon thought, as he received, ono by'one, tho intelligence o fh is sons’ deaths. lie could havo wished that his child too had died; but it was not so to bc-tho curse must stlU go on ; tho raco had nofyet becomo extinct

Tho last o f tho name is long since dead; but until tho hand of tho dread messenger was laid upon him, the footstep was always heard in tho hour when one that bore the namo was wasting away. It was always h e a r d in the huge old hall, pacing solemnly to and fro, Blow, and ghostly, and echoing, oeasing not till the spirit had quitted its tenement of life; and the «ervants, aa theyj^evri It, told in whisper* the stotf

thoy had boon told ,of its origin, and w'hiipered forth with treniblinglips the old-time anathemd, •• A curse • then rests upon theo and upon thy house'forover I"

From Moore's Ilural New-Yorker. ’THE ANOEL OF THB PI1TEB.

ar mu. MAUI 1. holmes. •

Darkncm WM ^ 7 ^ „ ulh Uad|O or Uio.liind of flowering viftes,

Whlln the nlghi wind moved hut faintly -Through ih j musio breathing pines.

Hod and fiery wt,ro Ui« hoarens,. . Hot and arid all tho atr,

• F or the postllcinoe which'waiteth ' 11In tho noontide hour was there.

•. A l l day had Its dark-hrowd victims ‘ •Fallon before Its mighty power,

TIM at last Its fuarfhl shadow Poll upon a Ixiautoous flower.1

Bho, who, In the Saviour's prcicnce, 'Now, a w hllo-robod angel shlnos, ■

She, tho geiitlo bluo oyed J e s s i i ,

- Bhe, tho Angel o f tho Pines.

In tho cabins, rndo and lowly,Sho hud sootluid tho bod ofdoath,

W fillo tho stricken ones had bloat her With their last expirin g brefitb. .

And whon now upon h or pillow,Bho lay dying, cold and pale.

Broken was tho m idnight stillness 'With thu negroes’ m ournful wall.

Alcn with strung hearts, dusky maidens, •Matruna, wrinkled, old and grey, '

Ohlltlren, too, w|th tcar-slalncd fuccs.All for her, the loved one, pray,

ltut In vain, for whero tho waters , ,In tho bright green pastures flow, .

Thoro a countless throng o f children .Walt for her, and she m ust go. •

And as ir sho heard them calling iler to Join their shining band,

“ Hlng to m e," sho faintly whispered,• “ Tell mo o f tho Happy Land."

Poftly then tho tall Magnola 'lluBtlwl In the evening breeze,

■Whilo tho mocking-bird's wild musio• Echoed through tho distant trees. '

And amid tho south w ind 's sighing,’ Mid tho wondrous night blnl's lay,

'M id tho tears and lamcntatlons,- 1 Passed sho from tho earth away. ‘

\ From her whito and bluo-velned foreheadPushed thoy l>ack tbo golden/halr, -

And tho mother shriokod with augblsh* As sho folt tho deatb-dcw there.

Ero tho morrow's sun had risen, -Ere tha darksomo night bad Hod,

A llulo gravo lienouth tho cyprcss,Mado they for tho early dead.

W hero tho whispering pines sing to hor,W hero tho moonlight softly shines, -

Thero thoy lay her—thoro we leave horj Jessie, Angel o f the Pines.

Brockport, N. V., 18.17.

BEOBEATION.To work best, mnn must play a due proportion of

tho time; to bear tho heaviest burdens, ho must have his heart lightened now and then; to think so pro­foundly, ho must not think so steadily. When the world, on any plea of prudonoe, or wlsdAm,\or con­science, has overlooked thoBe principles, religion and morality havo suffered. In former times, monaster­ies and uunncrieB, caves and pillars, held tho puro fanatics and ultrnists, the idiots and hypocrites, whom y io iu tc a i iu m ru boiiv there, how insano nsyTumB nnd hospitals shelter the victims furnished for thoir cells by the headlong sobriety and mad earnestness of buBi- ness which knows no pleasure, or of Btudy which al­lows npjicssation, or of conscience and piety, which frown on amusement: while tbo morbid morality, tho thin wisdom, tho jaundiced affeotionB, the wretch­ed dyspepsia, the wrook and defeat of body and boi which a community deficient in out-door sports, g e n i i '

ini sooiety, or legitimate gaycty, exhibits to tho thoughtful eye, aro hardly-less saddening than the hospital or mad-houso.

Amusement, then, is not only defensible, the want of it is a calamity and an injury to tho sober, and Bolid interest of soolesy. None are more truly inter-estcd—did they kndw their own duty and policy_inseeing tho community properly amused, than the or- ganiziid friends of morality apd piety. They ought to know that nature avenges herself sooner or later— and better sooner than later—for the violation of laws of physical and moral health; and that thi suppression of the Bportivc, careless, and pleasu: craving propensities or aptityides of our naturo, il volve an inovitablo derangement and sure decay tho higher organs and faculties. Instead, therefo: of interfering with, biBincBS, duty, Bobriety, pie

...................... my, virtue, and reveirely as a principle, »^anoC8

The intolloct t l /P W 8 a part of overy day, wofks more powerful/'aad to bet­ter results for tho ren of the timf; pri heart that is gay for an hour, is 11 oro serious of theday; tho will :hat rests, ii the will that is alwa is strained.

with scholarship, econi amusement, viewed m and supports them al

’or tho other houn more vigorous than

THB MOTaBB-AWll WIDOW.If there is any situation whicl deserves sympathy

and commands respeot, it Ib that jf the mothor left by the loss of her husband, “her earthly stay and sup­port, to bUffot the elements of advene fortunealone. ■ v ••

ire aro siowxo nny womanly chnmo-acter, living or dead, as superior to that of a good mother—such as we find her In all our communities.. She is perhaps called io no'single great act’ of devo- tedness—but her whole lifo is a sacrifice for the good' of othen. How she works to bring up her children. No labor is too. hard. She denied herself evory com­fort to give them an education. She would part with her heart’s blood to make them happy. ■

This devotedness becomes more remarkable when by the death of the father the mother is left to strui glo alone through life .. If wo were to set out to plore this oity, we should find many a poor widow, with five or six children dependent upon her, strug­gling for her support with a pationoe and oourago truly heroic. With no friendB to help her, arid no means of Bupport but hor needle, she undertakes to provido for her littlo family. She makes hor home in an attic, and thero sho sits and struggles with poverty; No one comes to seo hor. Sho heaiB only the cry of thoso hungry littlo moutha, which oall to hor for bread. And there she toils all day long, and ovor half the night, that they may not want And yet eho does not complain. If only her strength holds out and hor efforts are successful, her mother's heartis satined and grateful. ___________ ”

biDiMpr will mako a purse, and frugality^ will give you strings to it This purse will oost you nothing. Draw the strings as frggalitr dlreoto, and you will always find a useful penny at the bottom.

The power o f fort<“*o is oonfessed only by the mis­erable, for tie nappy Impute all their suooess to pro- den o '^ d merit. 1 ‘ : ■'

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TABLE OP CONTENTS.-N O . 20.-”

FinsT T ahe—Agnes, tlie Step-mother, by Cora Wilburn. Br.co.Ni) 1 'a 'ir—A u 11' continued. .Tiutm Pam;—Poetry, by Ilerangcr; The Footstep on tiie

Blairs! (il very iK'antlful t-l'TV.) Itecrentlon; The Mother nnd Widow; Thi1 Angel of the Pines. .

Fourth Pam:—IMitorialB.F im i P.ir.r.—Abstract of Thomas Gales Forster's Lecture;

\News: Dramatic, Ac., A-c. *Sixth PAiiB—Seven Years with the Spirits; Correspondence :

The Gnnargwa letters j J. V. Munstleld'b Medluniahip; A Good Test; I’rwrVlsluli, Ac.

Seventh Pam:— Progrcshiun; Tho Messenger; Cominunica- tlon Hi >iii n Son to his hi rents.

Eiohth 1'aoe—Pearls; •• A Spanish Tragedy," n well wrltton tale. ■■

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As wo lmvtf beforo said, if tho friends of the causo will put their shoulders to tho wheel, and givo us a subscription list which will enable us to do if, wo will place beforo them every week a paper that shall not be surpassed by any jn this country. Tho Banner is now standing upon ft basis whioh insures' its nucqcaa, and places it beyond an ephe­meral existence. It has bcon found to bo cxactly what was needed,, and the marvel among Spiritual­ists now Is; that a similar paper was not before issued. -But wc do not belong to a stationary craft, nnd have eo much pride, in her, that we want to seo her.in ns trim n sailing condition as any of her siio that floats upon tbe broad sea of literature. .

persuasion to think to for* othore into the fold in which ho claims to have found his own pafcty. Haiti judgments and hasty words never conciliate, never win over, never achieve any victories-; they tend rather to cxciW tho most violent prejudices, to arouse the bitterest hatred, and to put the cause professedly served, in the greatest pcriL

The only way, ahd the surest way to advanco the interests of truth is, not to attack error in its strong­holds, thus arousing the deepest feelings of its sup­porters nnd defenders—but to set fotrth tho truth in •• characters of living light;" and let it do its own suro work silently. Wherever truth £oes in, error must go out. Tho two cannot occupy tho sojuc dwelling together. When truth confronts its ancient enemy, the latter slinks away abashed into the dark. Error dare not hold up its bend in tho presence of truth. Hencc those who aro so impatient because truth docs not work its own perfect work as speedily as they would like, must look to themselves to dis­cover the fault, and learn humility iu learning also that they have not set about their work in the right wny. . Truth •must bo placed before tho mind in its appropriate form and dress, or it is mistaken for something else, and so fulls short of the expectations raised concerning its mysterious power.^ .

Fanaticism, or blindness to any but one sido of truth, arises from many causes.'. But whatever its origin, the hurnt it. works 011 the human mind is incalculable. Generally fanaticism springs from uu over zeal, which again is the fruit o f an uninformed and poorly.balanced reason. Whenever a new view of truth has dawned on the world, fanatics have sprung up in plenty. ‘ They are your men nnd women who profess to know the' whole, when, in fact, they know nothing. They have got au inkling somehow of the novelty, and straightway their senses arc intoxicated. Unless others, sec as they seo, kuow as they know, and believe as they believe, they visit them unsparingly with denunciation and ridicule. 4 " ■

A fanatic is a mushroom, of sudden growth, and ns sudden disappearance.. "IlQ_jipprehends_ngthiug truly and solidly, but trusts all to half impressions, hasty glimpses of truth, words caught up from others, nnd a poorly furnished reason. His temper is ill managed. It lacks charity. His faith, like his insight, is small indeed. He hns a great lack of charity, alike with a knowledge of the cause he espouses. He is impatient of tho unbelief of others, but would work his work upon others with the same haste that has characterized its operation upon him­self. • His influence, if any, is not direct, Boljd, or enduring. His words excito opposition and dislike for himself, rather than sympnthy for the causo'he believes himself to have espoused. ,

Spiritualism has .much to bo wary of in these causes nnd influences. Enough charlatans and quacks show themselves ready to become notorious by professing familiarity with its high principles nnd its. mysterious experiences, but they aro' to. be shunned and avoided. Let everything of professed splujt origin bo tried nnd prtived to tho very last letter. Let more than what is seemingly the nieehan- ism of the new truth be studied; let its inner and far-reaching philosophy bo investigated, and famili­arity bo thus ob*nim " 1 it i~e tuaiunderlio human life and happiness.

The samo errors aro to be avoided, in this, as in all things else. .Fanaticism is to' bo especially shunned. Indeed, no truo Spiritualist, who under­stands in any proper degree tho laws and ordinances of his own being, enn possibly bo a fanatic or a rad­ical. Already he has experimentally been taught purity and pftticnce, charity and meekness, and all tho other graces that adorn tho Christian character. IIo follows after no superficial and momentary e* citements; he swallows hastily no crudo impression of other men, who have but fractionally seen and known what they profess to havo seen and known; but Us view is largo, his thoughts all-related, and his faith as extended as the blue deep of hoayt'n that reaches up and away to the Throne of all.power itsolf. - . . •. •*' !

see things as they are, but' rather as hti oTcrtaBkcd | Imagination would havo them. The eJteWplars of / goodness, o f love, of charity, and of bc.neVoloilce, that | ho paints foivour eyes, are too Impossible for every . day life, and such as wo nover find atnong our no. quaintaMij for the hunting. Tho illustrations of evil—hatred, malice, and uncharitablcncss—that ho1

oflfera us, aro well understood to be equally out of the • pale o f probability. Everything has teen observed, set up, put together, and tricked out for cSeot, add for thnt Only, .ihe, lesson, qr moral, Ib the secondary, consideration altogether. . ’ •’ / ,

You nevor find a man or a woman, whose way of j life is quiet, silept, and without fuss bf any so^jrho r ‘would make a “ character " in any rcspectabjgjvork, o f fiction 5 and yet, strange’ ns it may sound to those. who never thought of it before, theso aro tho only j persons who over exhibit true and intense devotion, martyr-like patience ami faith, or any of that rare; benevolence and oharjty which is the very blossom-1

injj of human character. It is., your still folks that afford the best examples of the better and lowlier qualities of human nature; thoso who aro alwayB, up for show never forget themselves long enough to be truo to anything. They livo only for cflect, and furnish no fair examples of tho.truo and transparent life, whose beautiful character it is ono of the self­appointed offices of the novelist to set forth. Ilence, novel reading for young persotis, to. the neglect of books of other sorts, cannot but bo injurious; arid tho mind of tho professional novel-writer cannot fail to bo so warped nnd Btretehed iir one direction, by the pursuit of liia art,' that his views of lifo are often; worth littlo or nothing, nnd his estimates of publio 1 institutions aro as baseless as the fabrications with which ho delights his readers. ‘

' FANATICS AND FANATICISM^ .Thore is a g o ld e n mean in all things. I.ifo is con­

stantly holding out two Betslif motives to a man; Sho one, to advance to the enjoyment of the future, • '•nd the other to hold on by the pleasant associations o»ho past. Between theso two the human- mind is

Society consents t« divide itself likewise in the 8&.q WOy> There is a e.ass who have no sort of patienoc things old, or tilings even as they are, but oonderu. everything indiscriminately, becauso

.they do not reiJiu the good which they think it ca­pable of yielding; ind there is another class who hold themselves down to tho plant? of lifo by the stcahg and intertwined xrats of feeling anti sentiment, of

'< old associations onl plgasant memories, aud'cvcn of ' darling and favorie prejudices. '

In all religious matters,'there is a manifest ten­dency on tho polk-of those who aro young and fresh

j in their experienoes, towards radicalism. They fall into tho habit o f exaggerating the new truths that Iwvb just begun:to »»»* if1®1* glimmering JigVk HCTOBS thcir BOuls, and behold them in ditferont pro-, portions and outlines from'what thoy really posBess. The delight of what seouxs to them to be a now dis- ooveiy intoxioutos their judgment. They imagUjo they'have found what no living soul has over found before ; and in their eagerness and hasto to impress

-their discoveries as vividly upon others as they, wero originally impressed upon'themselves, thoy becomo tanpatient of all delay and restraint, and betray a

' -jjpirit o f partisanship that entirely defeats their ori- 'jginol and-well-meant design. ., <■■ Thero is no suoh professor as a new convert makes,• JLU'tho rnlos and by-laws bo insists on living up to, to the last letter. - Ho will consent to abate nothing

■ <by m y of ohnrity, or benevolent*, or forgiveness. nHl« -virtues lean rather to tho sido of justice than.of mercy- 'Every little slip and peccadillo that ho sees

'in others, He is ready to snatch up with a greed,and ' it desire for its propor punishment, that betokens tho ' heart riot yot half truly convcrtod. This disposition ' ■W Judge others, and to : see that others get their de- ! gfcits,-Is* signal proof that a person has not yet judgod hlmSelf. I t is enough to satisfy us lhat ho 'hds ne'TW yot experionocd what he1 deludes himself that he was familiar wjth long ago.1 i

A..radio»l,andnradical only, oap help no causo ’ aril. ^‘Especially ls this' truo o f religion T>~1-Pro-

twampie, jpewqasion, love, gontlone s. patienoo, jSlth, o^arlty-r^ie^ arc the weapons ‘ byyrhloh a jniin tn to obnauon lf at 'all, in a 'spiritual WiMhre,

.,rph*,iiKi*p<niB are never * inrnl wo*ponji.i.; AU' th? -flrfetetieji won rilent 'Tiotories. teuoeu exoept! Ii r tbelr alow and oortatn outworklng iwolt8. i ft .fi> r &t*l mistake for a religtous man of ony creed w

DICKENS AND THE REVIEWERS.A late number of tho Edinburgh Review contains

a pretty thorough review of the present By stem of novel-writing, which, while .it assumes malty posi­tions that nro hardly warranted by truth, neverthe­less asserts many important facts and prinoiples.in relation to the craft of tho professional writer of novels, that ore well worth Bcriously: considering. Tho author ofthe article has apparently studiod the philosophy, of hiB ’ subject to ' advantage,_ and B'eems desirous of understanding, first of all, tho object and aim of tho novel proper. An able and well-consid­ered article has sinco appeared in ,tlie New York Evening Post, in rotation to the.attitude so recklessly assumed by Mrs. Qaskell, in her. Lifo of Charlotte Bronte, which, in the main, bears in the same ilirec tion with.that of tho Edinburgh.

Tho objections offered by the writor -of tho kiln burgh article to'Mr. Dickens, and others of his sohool, or rather of tho school whioh is called modorn, are chiefly that ho treats with flippjincy topics about which his knowlodge is of the most general charac­ter, and oopeoially topics that most intimately con- cem Government and- sooiety— Iho writer-chargcs him with having selected such few errors, misjudg- ments, delays, and examples of ill-working as he has been able to pick up from a hasty observation, and with tho deBire of eflcot constantly uppermost in' hiB thoughts, and making these examples illustrate tho character and. operation of tho institutions of tho country. , ■: .

Much of. this is extremcl^well said. It is a fact, that writers of fiction'aro too much in tho habit of looking ralyat those, traits, incidents, scenes, and events, that will strike most impressively on tho minds .o f readers. Littlo is their thought for tho inoulcation of what somo of them facetiously term “ moral lessons,’’ unless they are able first to create tho “ sonsation." Dickens is a man of genius, and his conceptions in tho way of character are not only inimitablo, but will remain engraven on the mind of tho reader as long as he lives. Yet the genius of Dickens runs to exaggeration altogether. Neither ho nor any other modern novelist.will give you lifo just as it is—just as you find it every day around you.' Unless it is stretched in ono way, and highly seasoned in anothor. and puffed up and padded out in all its parts, it has no taking qualities for thp mass of retulors, and hence will not “ sell.” , ’ Hence, to moke awork popular, the popular love of exagge­ration and effect must be oloscly Btudlod j and, in studying this, and nothing but this, tlie writer of Aotion Boon oomes to look, fit life only through hia own pocu^rly oolored speotaolesi , , ^

The novellsti therefore though. he may, flrtfuUy ih ihe nobloel lessons, U utlll.no^a

one’s opinions or lmpresilflnf.' "Bib doe* not

f • COURTESY, ETC. - 'Tho Traveller having decided to mako a chango in

its gHunagement and form of publication, as soon , as announcement to that effect was made in its. columiiB, the Courier takes tho occasion to give it a plain talking to, explaining vory frankly what was tho reason of its fiilure to accomplish cebtain re­sults sooner even than it had thought to reach them itself, and reading off a lecture generally on the subject of courtesy,- and kindliness, nnd magna- nimityj-and truth,? in tho wny of conducting news­papers. This work of which tho Courior has taken all tho charge upon itself, is manifestly bo very, appropriate for the conductors of that model sheet to undertake, that’ we must bo excused'if we say that it is quite as much out of pluce and ..character as it would bo for Professor Felton to decide upon the nature of 8piritualiBm. .

But tho. better- to explain what we mean by this, -wc ask the' readers of the Harvard Organ to look back only two days in their file, and see what style o f maimers it indulges in towards the venerable ProfcBsor Hare, whoso lecture in Salem on Spiritual-; ism so effeotually sickens them with the thought of ever trying to'make headwiy against its positions and arguments. How does the .Courier, treat Dr. Hare, we want to ‘ know ? With courtesy ? With respect even ? .With decency t Farthest from either; o f tho three. It calls him a superannuated, drivel­ing old man; heaps all kinds of infamous epithets. Upon him; charges kiot > xui jin-ing

i Infidel, and, now that Spiritualism nos interested' him in Qod and the future, it insists that he has never weighed the evidences that go to sustain the Christian religion as he ought, and of course is. utterlj^Hipapabl/a now of weighing similar evidences 'that sustain the spiritual doctrines, to"'a saving.' belief in which he has subscribed. . ■ /

The.&durier writer, who o f course understands all science as well os all Greek, hesitates not at all to brand Prof. Ilaro, as an old fool, as being deceived, and as. being utterly incicpablo of judging for him­self in a matter whose proofs are so strong .as to be patent to everybody, and hitherto denied by nono in the possession of ordinary common sen&—Bimply becauseJie happens to be.beUeTe what the writer savi ho does not .believe.. Possibly he expects his readers

■. - ‘zstraBN BBins. ' ' "■The recent death of this well-known French writer

of fiction, whose two works in particular, the M Mys­teries of Paris” and "Wandering Jew," will keep the publio reoblleotion o f him alive for a long time tb come; has called out many comments and narrar tives from foreign letter-writers, all o f whom set him down "pretty much as their own fancy and mode of estimating men Beem to'diotnte. On all sides, we believe, he was admitted to be a man of high, though not the highest literary ability. His works were of the exciting soit, and in tho two fiction's we. have oited, his plots -were, for variety, mystery, and goneral intricaoy, truly wondorful.

Paris was at ono timo completely under the sway of his writings. Paris must always have something to lionize, or worship, and Eugene Suo took his turn with the rest of the celebrities.- Thero was not a man or woman in that gay emporium, but waited in feverish excitement for the Saturday to come round that would bring another instalment,of his “ Mys­teries of Paris.” Thoy crowded about tho office of publication till tho streots wero blocked up j and when at one time it was announced that the gifted author was suffering with ri brain fever, and was of oouree unable to finish his usual feuilleton for the newspaper that wcok, the oxcitcment wns repre­sented to bo almost beyond description. Nothing could apparently equal tho disappointment of the thousands of readers, but . their prefound pity for him in his trying and unexpected sidkness.

A lotter-writer. from Paris contributes some state* ments to,the -NewiYork Times, concerning the.life and last moments of this champion of Socialism, as it is received among Frenchmen'; and as the closing days bf such a man’s life possess muoh moro than ordinary interest for all readers, wo extract the fol­lowing for the purposo of inserting in our own col­umns ■ ■ '

The death of E uoene S ue passed almost Unper­ceived in Fratjce. Tho illustrious dcoeased had been long banished his native soil; he was not a member of any of tho learned bodies of savans of the capi­tal, and since ’48 .had produced no work that excited any emotions in Franco. Thus his'inemoiy and his glory,had been partly elfaccd. Suo’s disease was^a hemiplegia, following- upon an attack- of intermit­tent fever. The ague in. turn was preceded by a neuralgia. Thus Sunday and Monday he had neu­ralgia. Tuesday he was seized with intermittent fever, of whioh' neuralgia is not unfrequcntly the premonitory symptom; Wednesday he took quinine and was slightly , hotter; Thursdpy ho was consider­ably bgttcr, and commenced tho skeleton of anew novel, but his work was so badly done, that in a fit of irritability lie orushcditho paper in his handi and threw it down. Friday he felt much better, and went out to tako . a walk with CoL Charras, but found himself .too weak to continue far, and returned. That night he had a return of the neuralgia, and the next day, Saturday, another attack of tho ague iu an aggravated form. That night ho was struok with paralysis, and thus liiy unconscious till early morning, a period of thirty-six hours, when he died. • Just before, his death, however, ho threw his eyes upon - his two1 domestics, who were standing near him, with -an- expression of affection, and reaching -out'Vfequeered their haiidB. On Saturday moaning,. comprehfinding himself that his disease was "assum-.

a -dangcrqtfa form, he said to his • friend, CoL Charras,.“ I,wish to die as I have lived, a free think­er.” He insisted upon the accomplishment of ih'iB desire, and it' was’ respeoted; His bodywas em- hoimed, anst-^°-p^ftapTit is plftccd in ft. vault at Annecy,' in Savoy, ■where ■ he lived. An" immonse multitudo. of republicans,.and, exiles attended the funeraL ■' •

torplace confidence enough., i n -his word to trifst Aim,when-he claims that he .aiibeliWes anything ;,we _______________ _________demand, then, that ho first shows equfeljomfidenco -L- Bho Ugiiti butounot wni-ni the sky;. .

1 ____ ri nr But bUhes or thinb, like suntams glowiiin the men and women whose means of judging are uBt as ^ood -as his; and better eveil, and wfose udgments arcJi great deat more reliable, rational,,

and fixed. • ; U . •This abuse of tho venerable Dr. Hare, a',-man

whose name is honorably known i^iercvDr sciSbco is studied by its votaries, is a fine conftnenUy^ on.tht) style of courtesy whioh. tlie : Courier would'seek, to introduce into the conduct <)f : a no^apaper. Coolly asserting that the Traveller; has proved a failure on . account of its utter lack o f: .this essential quality in its management, it gives ns a sample bf its meaning; by traducing and vilifying a man whose white hairs, if nothing else, ought to haye appealed to its-venerar tion. But it is useless to-look , for/decenoy. there. Any writer whose sense o f thom would not hjld fast the pen that sought:to defame a m^n whose sincerity, and truth, and purity of life, and acquisi- ti’ons-for science, are as widely known as those of Dr. Hare, is past being taught even the rudiments' of a system whoso practioe ‘would he impossible with, him. The notice wo have ’ taken of the matter te ottly tb call attention to the W&y in'whioh those, who profess the most, and brag the loudest, and bully the most incessantly, seo fit to carry out the princi­ples they so zealously, preach up for other people tjo pattern from in their conduct. > - , ■ ’

We Bpeak of Dr. Hare, as a.man, and not of his lecture, of the sentiments therein put before the peo­ple, of whioh wo know nothing, except from the one­sided “ Organ.” ,

. b e a b o n a n d _ Ca u t i o n .An article is published in tho Hartford Cour-

ant, which animadverts upon a Clairvoyant Spirit medium in that city, and her treatment of a special oase, which case resulted fatally^ We shall endeavor to-see if there be not two Bides to, this question, as to almost all others in which mediums aro involved, and publish both statements. .

We think.Spiritualism con stand all such shocks, and if there bo imposturo it should bo exposod.

'Wo do not liko tho practice wliiohi seeks to render useleBB tho science of men, iirho know'tho uses of modicino and tho naturo b f diseases, to which man is heir, but Btill there are timM whon men.may Ml to see causes whioh the spiriV is, better enabled to reach, and thero aro many’ authenticated inatoncea of miraculous ourcs onrcodiil, whioh go to provo that there are such beings os' spiritual advisers. And at no time, and under no otroi^tanoes Would wo suggest to any one to forego tho application o f their reason jn matters qf such iiiip&laiidei ji» are all the devolopnents of SpirltuiUBniT^fcr "Vrith duo reiuon and oauiiop. we may'run ‘c l ^ ’bralmost all unfortu* siateresultsap^rtaliilng'toi'nl't j p l w r b ‘ ‘

t o o l a !t e iItalia’s vales Tve wandered through;Bouoath her skies unchanging blue :1'v.o watched tho golden sunlight quiver Upon tho bniast of Tiber’s river:Hut of her valiant youths could find .No heart to love, no spell to bind.

For thoy hnd But an outward form—Tho Hamo that lights, but caunot warm; Asoften words of passion epokoii, ■No feeling or the heart betoken—Llko tropic waves tlmt brlglitly glow1 When all dark and cold below.Through' distant lauds I've w&nderod far, 'Neath southern suu and northern star;

■ TO sWMjost music I havo listened, 'Wlillo DSfelitest eyes with mpturo gllBtened; But aff! bow soon they ceafe to thrill Tlio moment tliat tho Ups are Btill ■Bho pale m oon coldly BhincB on h igh ; '

. - _ rmg.- Fprovcr round theo radlanco throwing,

lUval tlio light and warmth of day, -A3d-Bhame tho.moon's palo frozen ray.

. Too soon, alas I,,too Boon lias gone ' ''• The Joy that Tadod <Vlth Its dawn; ,

■ Btill must 1 dreatn while broken-hearted," too lath we uet, too book we pakted.

rN. ^An adverao Btar hath ruled mx futo; ..................Wk’ve met, alab\ too late, too late.

* fTISmOa? *<TOO LATE I”. . ‘ [JEMOKSXBASCE.]

1 ’ If ln.italla’s realms of art, " : . .•t ■, No kindred throb'improssed thy .hoart; . .

-Ifln tho pasBioned(soulB nlitr,. .SoBOulwaatothyBOulastar;' ''Alas I chlde not, nor think that lovo

, Aliko In every land Bhall prove. . v.. 'Tis truo that through tho outward form

. The heart Booms cold when often .warm;^nd words of love seem lmrah and chill—

*. ' Tho cliI.ldrenofahoartleBB wlU; ,Biit ne'er “ too late" ah(»rt to provo, - ■Nor onco fo’und .truo “ tiio'lato " to lovo. . ,

And what though atrangor hearts Bhould bo. ■! ■' To theo BtiU cold—thy dosllnyt • •

Lot naturo give the golden truth— 1 '

, J^nd thus, .wflo lovo our hearts would ,mate,- ' Henco Bhun tho volco that cries " too latol" .

To mo o'er thoo I baw, the world A plain whero strife her flags unfurled; .Aud cold tho moon that gracod the Bklen,And bo the heavenly countless oyos; ’But buileb or tuinb, witli power subllmo, • ;; ’ Breatho to my soul—tueoe tet ib tike I . .:

And though "too Boon 'I the joy has fled—The peaco unto thy presonco wtxl; ,r jBtill shall I hope, nor yet in dreams, ■ ,

' That timo will “ real" tlio Jovo that s e o m s ‘ For tlmo bath said—with patloncO wait, ' ’

■ Bho loves, you lovo—’tib hot “ Too Latb r*. i

' , . : 1 CH ARITY. •' '■ ,In our Messenger Department vro jiubllBh'ahothor

appeal mado.from the‘spirit world1 for charity. We stated beneath it that we knew nothiAg' of. it, hut would inquire. Wo have slnbo • oallid to mind tho fact that w<S were onco introdnoed to Mr. Upham, as a medium, by Mr. F. Pope, d respeotable mason, of this city, and that We were Informed some two months sinoe that this ihbdlunl was at' his house,sick. _ ' : 1 ............. .. ." " '

Here is an opportunity practiceSpiritualism, not talk it, and if our readers havo anything to spare, and wo Wiow ttiej haye/thejr oim onoloso it in an envelope to Odi1'office. Mites not objected to.

f>-i(f;' ------ --------_ j_ ;, .... .J. l l W. Toortinr/of Sftiein, well known in tho Spip-

iWallstib' tW id 'fcs former editor df the Christliin Bplrittffllikt,?-'bo'nt^mplate8: a ■ leoturing tour to 'the W ert-'sM nto’flrtt 6 t 'o m n .h ' ■ ;t x w r

' The’ Boston ’ TiffiATiiE has done a very good bitjjii ness the past week. Mr. Edwin Booth hits been he bright particular »tw,' in d ' has won now fconoriji’t t . an artist. He has appeared ai “ Sir Giles OVoreach,*' the.“ Cardinal lUohlieu” “ Iago,” “ Shylock,*' 'di0.i In all which ho tyw given us correot and artistio representations. . .

Mr.1 Booth is, without question, the most promising young aotor upon tho American stage; he has ber fore him>oi brilliant career, a glorious future; let, him look, well to himself, that ho does not overtax his physical power, and by-indlsoretion, desfrby the prospect that now opens up‘ beforo him. . , , 1

Mr. Booth hn? beon vory well supported during the week; Mpssrs. Vandonhoff, Howe, Donaldson, and Davidge, and Madames Davenport Nmd Abbott, havo sustained the young tragodian in a moat .re­spectable manner. . ' • ,

The renditions of Mr. Davidge this week confirm us in tho opinion that we havo already expressed,- that ho is a most excellent comedian, a judioioua aotor, and an accomplished artist, and lot us assure him, stranger as ho is, that Bostonians are not blind to his merits, but will givo him, tho longer ho stess among us, unmistakable proofs in confirmation of this assertion. . ; ,

T h e National has produced a now translation of a French opora, entitled “ Lob Amours de Diable,” which is anglccieed into’ “ Uriel, tho Demon Lover.” The principal attraction of this piece consists in tlie magnificent tableaux o f ithe Keller Troupe, whiqh, for grace, eleganco,-and classio beauty, cannot be surpassed by litnner or sculptor. “ Tho,Chariot.of the Sun,” “ The Shower o f Gold,” and “ The Queen of Flowers,” are splendid beyond: description, aiid need only to bo seen, to bo admired. .

The part of “ Uriel, the Demon Lover,” wad sus­tained by Miss Lucille Weston, and that of “ Lilia” by her sister Helen. Both'these young ladies1 are frequently described as vory beautiful,- oharming, fascinating, and all that, which may be very well for those who consider such soft. Bodder'crffl&m^wai ' do not. Personal appearance wo have great regard for, but at tho same timo wo recollcot that an actress may bo very beautiful and poBsess very little talent, and on the other hand be very plain’ and possess the talents of a-Siddons, or a RachaeL Fulsome flattery is sickening, and is often disgust­ing to those who are tho objeots of it. . Miss Lucille, and hor sister Helen, are .very pretty girls, but as actresses they are both overrated ; wo would write nothing in disparagement Of them; they have both much-to learn, and with care and studywill-; un­doubtedlyultimately att^yr a position in-the phifes- - sion tolerably prominent. • ‘ \ .

Mr. Hampton as “ Hortensius,” and Mr.-Boniface as “ Count Frederick,” aj% deserving of great credit ! for tho judicious manner in which they, rendered' their parts; Mr.Hampton was comio enough;‘and -did not overdo his author; Sir. Boniface War ju­dicious and did not overact, and he avoided that boisteroiis tnanner, which hits sometimes'marred his .performances. -■ * .

The ohorus wais' W l j 'tfioy were behind the time of ,th«^orehestr^ ;xMl.,!Ud; not.siiig together .. .A repetition'of the piece, however, will correct these failings.’ " ' ‘ ' T - '' ' .‘ ; l .

A t t h e Mdseum, Mrs.,Bowers has been drawing audienops very respectable as to numbers. She Is, unquestjonably, a lady 0f talent. We think, her style is not so well calculated to please our impulsive Boston audiences, as the styles of other ladies in the profession. Boston audiences are very peculiar in some respeots; they ha,yei witnessed ‘ the feeling lmeation8 of Mrs. Mowatt, the, tcrrificql^ sublime personations of Miss Charlotte Cushman, the pleas­ing, dashing stylo of Mrs., Barrow, &c., and amfdst' all those wp have become fastidious; the fault mav bo in us. However, Mrs., Bowers is careful and jUdioip,UB,.aud pleases as'well as any lady 0(n$dj’' coming p, stranger among us, and unacquainted wii|i our peculiarities, There has .been an'evident deBin on the part of this. lady, to anc sh?. has riot been .wholly unsuccessful; | We t earnestly wisi her a warm,reception, and brilliant success,'wherever siie goes. Messrs. Warren, Smith, Roach, &o., must con* sider.. themselves as reooiving a favorable notice, from the fact'that wo have said nothing unfavorable. These gentleman are established favorites w i$ ns, and require no loudaUbnI’fijom us, to add,to already hard earned and just fame. / . . '. Howard ATHENEiw.— The card at this theatre'has been the Naiad Queen, whioh has been put upoii, the stage in an artiBtic manner, and has beeft w y oreditablyperformed by tho troupe pfjuvenileB.i •; Oodway Hall has been favored with the usual number'of attendants; of tho performances we have nothing new to say. , 1 I ,,’ T he Abotio Pakooama,—We desire to call the publio attention to this -fine Panorama; now onexhi* bition at the Melodeon> Those of our oitizens who havo no t soon it, should embrace the first . oppor­tunity to do so:. It liaves 'us soon.- Be assured that you will'pass a moat pleasant evening.' Some parts of tho B to r ^ which iB recited as the exhibition pro*, greases, are very thrilling, and tho whole is exceed* ingly interesting.' The scraps of history, the:aneo* doeB o f1 Dr. Kane and his adventurous companions,. whioh are interspersed throughout the explanations of the'different 'scones, presented, are amusing:And ■intensely-iritorestingr^Tho:exhibition ifl 'to bei.W* mbved' Boon, henoo an oarly opportunity Bhould -be iihplfoved to witness it. . . >ri.

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o ‘ 'M EDIU IIS, N EVER,r Servants are generally honest: trodes-people may

oommonly be rclibd on. Mediums, n o v e fr Ooifpcfr.■ 'There it is, all in a nut^shelL I f anyioiylOUghtfi) know, after such an oventful/experienoe,. as he has, had, where truth it not, that person, should :be. the diBtinguislied Greolan whodigs;“ root8 ^''for; th0 ,,OoL umns bf the Boston Courier. !< , ■ • • • m -U J-'.- Spiritualists, after thiij, will begin to.feol had. . They

mutt feel bad, for that is tho way tlw Professor,OJtloo- lated to make them feol; 'and'isr ho .not as ;apcurate as any astronomer in all-Ufe baloulations reliance are they to lie ponAlttod ;to, place OP jOWff* ums. All tho tests, tlint)so thoroughly establjah ^ perfect impossibility cff fraud on the part pf dlum,must go for just nbthing..; Theymus^Rbltefi!4

any longer-to their own rcason-t-believe senses-—listen! t6 anythingctheyj^an hearing-s-but rather trust any port. ojf eallfl himself a I*rofo8sorj befort/.thoyiir0

enoufeh to rely on theirloW'cyesi')w i lift w ^'.'You can tell easily eM ti^i whe»Typft*!' *"

eeiVw yord (i ifv & -.tiSsdesjiiiatj^i^^ j ide i i i ' (perhaps)/. •. •

-B'AjlSi; NOEEm O P ! iL lG H T l..■ f i

f e k f M tW fa-U ead rfa&ii*,'.*j»Cihtell;ft* tlic life 6f him, whothdr there dsinuhlon element as hon- '©sty anywhore within them f > The' perfcotjwttfiw- iwm, too, of the Professor on‘ the sutyeot is partiou. larly,refreshing. *9e is not so oertain about other people; bat the business o f mediumship he knows all about. ’ Boot and branch ho is perfectly familiar with. There is not one among them all honest—no, not one. It is fearful to contcmplato such a state of unmlxed depravity, but we have hopes of a groat re­formation somo day, i f the Christian-like Professor doies but koep on writing, as now, for the Courier.

. ABSTBAOT OF A N ADDRESB B Y THOMAS GALES FORSTER, ESQ., AT THE IOTSIO

: H ALL, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEM­BE R 13,1857. '

i ' ; Iand'my Father aro one. John, x: 30. ■Ono of the most striking features of the mental

condition of mankind, presented to the philosophio investigator, cither of tho past or tho present, is the blind reliance placed upon the teachings .of the past, moro especially in theologioal matters. If a new truth dawns upon the intellect of tho present, it is rejeoted, because there is authority for it in tho past;, "find, during .tho last century or two, many a bright truth, not only in theology, but in 8oienc<# in philoso­phy, and in wechanios, has beon compellod to qon-

• tinue for years in an embryotio condition,,on, account o f this adhesion to authority and to precedent.,

In the long, dark catalogue o f. error which has characterised tho ecclesiasticism. of tlio, post, and

■ still casrts'a gloomy shadow oyer; the, develepinonts o f tho future, thero is pqj-haps;no one feature, con-' cerning whioh this complain^, onld be more jdstly

' made, thq.n the point attempted, to, be,established as based on the words o f the text—the. theory touching tho character of Jesus Christ, as a member of the Trinity, his equality with Qod, and.also.tho equality of the Paraclete, or Hoiy Ghost, with him and with thel'ather. AVith regard to this particular itom of faith, which haa been promulgated for fifteen hun­dred yearB, and many others associated with it, if youf look philosophically at the history'of tho past, you will soe how extremely injurious has been the effect o f relying.on past authority in theological in­vestigations, and how.it has > retarded the develop- mentof now truth. ThiB reliance on authority has

" been the stimulant of persoqution in almost , every age, both Catholio /indProtestant; it sharpened the wit of Loyola, and from h is , brain sprang the Inqui-, sition. Ho relied not only on the authority, of the “ Fathers," but on the authority of the- old Judean, literature, whioh sanctioned all his persecution, and persecution by other tyrants, for .opinion’s flake, be­fore him and:Bince. . I n . the hiBtory of your own land, during the past.century, you will..find abun­dant evidence of the baneful effects of this reliance on the authority of the past. . The influeq£eof tho

.reformatory movement? o f the age, whioh have been •commenced duringtho last twenty-five years, and,pf ' the epiritualistio inculcations, which are given, through isolated minds which have ripen from the miasma of.general ignoranoe and Buperstition, bps been.comparatively, o f little avail, owing to the fact that the great body of, men. look baok, relying on authority, doubting every new truth, because it' is now, neglecting to. exercise the faculties which God gave them, to see for themBelves what is truth, and 80 are.overshadowed by the darkness o f tho past..

. To speak more particularly of tho idea supposed to be conveyed in . the text, this doctrine, of the Trin­ity has boen. promulgated by all the various systems of theology, in.Christendom, untilwithin littlo moro

. than half a contury sinoe, and the Orthodox churches

.still-promulgate it, and not only through the pulpit, but its effect has been so psychological on, tho gen­eral mind, that even intellects developed on other

-platforms are Btill controlled by it. What , is the ’.oonsequence ?, In the antagonism to Spiritualism in your city, you find that one. of its chief sourceB of

.complaint from those who are opposed to it, is that it denies the divinity of Christ .and:the,Trinity, and

-they allege that .they have all the authority of the past, and the Bible, to prove , these to be true, and, therefore, all modern Spiritualists, ob .weU as some

-other reformers,:are infidels. Well*’ you muBt be■ willing, if you, want to advance along the pathway of humanity, i f you wish to rise into a loftier and holier appreciation o f humanity, and through that of the Father, to. become infidel to this monstrous mathematical absurdity -of tho Trinity. Modern

' Spiritualism does not consist in mero declamation, but in the attempt to -introduce into the great body o f God’s children a recognition of their innate purity and their progressive tendency. It consists of mag' nificent, fundamental truths; that come forth from the great fount of the universe, and .that -havo ever -been sparkling in the coronet of nature and it calls on humanity to lift its eyes from the dark influences of other dayB, to point its lens upwards, and reach far out to the beaming developments of the future,, and read there tho glorious divinity of man, as tho legitimate heir of tho Infinite Divine. This is mo dem Spiritualism; , and while it'0B8ijimeB' to ‘do this

' through the channels of the expanding intellect of the present, it also brings to bear overy truth of the post ,to aid in substantiating these developments of .Jhehour.' , , ,

- *Therp.is jaothlng in Rature to demonstrate the assumptions of eoclesiasticism touching tho Trinity, nothing. in, the Bible,, nothing warrantable in the

, history of the Fathers.1 look back to the history of the 'eailior' jievelopmtnts of Christianity, and you wiU find that for the'first five centuries there was a

' constant, ‘disputation’ going on among the earlier Christlans, Bo called, poirtioultuiy among tho body of ecclesiastics, touching the character and interpreta- tionpf what was’ supposed;to .be divino revelation,

' Thb result was many, differeit; systems of ethics, fo u will findjtlnt many of the “ Fathers of the

' church'» disagree With ' each' bther toiiohing what are denominated the triithB o f theology, wid that further,'concerning many of theso so-called truths there neverVas any legitimate dcclBlon./mdJ obnBe- quently, many o t the minds o f modem CKriatcndoni are stumbling along the dark pathway of thfeology to-day, guided, or misguided, by ignti fatup—whilst they persiatingly reject tho beiiutiM moral coruscar tions of the present. .

In the early part,of thfe fourth century, there wns commenced the famous controversy between Athan-

i asius, who promulgated the dootrine o f the Trinity, and Arius, who attempted to, inculoate the,idea o f

, the unity of God—which lo i to a long series of ooun- . oils or conversations, (inoluding the oelebrated.Coun-, ,‘oilof Nioe,) ninpteen.of ;whJphderided- In favor.of

... ^ u g , and nineteen in fav^r pf A^hanaalufl. and the

. . dispute was terminated by .tho .Co.upoU.o/ Cqiistanti- j n 4 ple,in 8 8 1 , andwhlohdccreed,}n)aax)rdance with -iiithe Oounoil of Nloo,,that the dootriw. o f the Trinity

'and abouttha beginning p f $ 9

tn*y Arianism was forced into nonentity at the point ef the aword< amid the Goths of Spain*. During thei time that these <eounoils were held, therewere over­seventy different seots of Christians in existence, under different names, believing different .tenets, and eaoh one claiming divine authority for its belief Now, aro modern Spiritualists to be denounoed Ih the nineteenth century, beoauso thoy dare to assert that Job us had some othor mission than that of as­suming the character of the living God?

You see what littlo reliance is to be placed on tho authority of the FaUiers, touching this important point . “ But,” say some of our Protestant frionds, “ tho8ewere the Catholics you havo been- talking about; wo do not:subscribe te tlieml” Wo say, in reply, that. Protestantism is based on the authority oftho Catholio fathers; it aoocptB,.in its system of thoology, the teachings and. the interpretation of those fathers. And by what right do the Protestants olaim that the fathers, bo called, oftho first five cen­turies, were ablo to interpret the meaning. of tho Bible better than somo oftho teachers of modem times—men whoso great intellects have grasped tho libraries of other ages, and whe, reaching forward their speculative thought, are grasping, as it wero, tho libraries of: the future. Theso; mon,, of new thought, may claim to bo equal at lea9t to tho others in their estimate of tho teachings of Christ If you' want authority, take that which has the best means of .informing and developing itself, and accept Cho new thought proclaimed by the genius of your age, so for os it oomports with your own highest concep­tion of bright, and no farther. Protestants claim froeSoni of thought and investigation, aijid onco Pro­testantism took a giant stride in advance of tho hierarchy that went bofore it ; but there is still a moral1 system' of ostracism in operation, whioh, though it does not inflict physical torture, destroys tho social and moral position of men, and many stand back and refuse to ; accept a' glorious ■ truth, for fear of the denunciations of the ohuroh, and o f society, tho eldest born child of the ohurch. v -. '

In tho reign .of Henry the VL. Oranmer drew up tho Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of-England, whioh wero submitted ,to Parliament, and by it de- clarcd' to be the work of the Holy Ghost, and there­fore infallible, and during tho three hundred yoars since then', thero havo been' several hundred altera­tions of. these artioles, all by act of Parliament; and each alteration was declared to be the act of tho Holy Ghost Now if . the Holy Ghost was infallible in the first instance, why should he .be necessitated to correct himself several hundred times? And yet these thirty-nine articles, with their various modifi­cations are relied "on by the Church of England and the Episoopal Church of America, as the authority of the Holy Ghost, handed down from other ageB, while the glorious thiths touching the interior of man and the nature of , God,,which aro boing pro­mulgated outside of these ohurohes, are ignored by them..1, , . . . ; . ... <i .

Then there arc other , classes of Protestants who rely on other authorities. When these branches first manifested their independence, they declared them­selves free, but as soon as they acquired popularity, they ceased tie develop .nearer and brighter truths, and fell back on authority.'' Methodism, for instance, made !a glorious beginning; bu^ook at the altera­tions recently made in tho form of discipline for the government of the. ohurch, handed down from Wes­ley, in favor of slavery and of intemperance, and-you see the effect of popularity. Towards the end of the last century, Unitarianism and Univorsalism were introduced into tho United States! and they were met by the cry of “ Infidelity 1” from tho Orthodox churches, but the shout has become less and less, until it has airrioBt died away, from the foot that Unitar­ianism and Uriivorsali8nr4rave"becpmb subjected to the blind authority of the past, and have' driven out from their miffilt somo of - tho best minds, because they dared to be 'free, and declturb the newer truths they had seen. Then does not the world need Spirit­ualism, or something else, to reform it from the dark influences of tho authority bf the past?

Now if the text does not mean^tjiat Christ was equal with Gpd, wliat does it mean ? Modem Spirit ualism affirms that the proper interpretation bf the text is this—that Ohrist intended to convoy tiie idea that in purpose and principle and spirit^ ho was one with the power that Bent him. This is n6t an arbi- tary interpretation, because, in the1 text preceding, Jesus deolares that the Father was greater than any. You must admit, as Spiritualism claims, that Christ had a spiritual meaning, Or that ho contradicted himself. Take the ground of modem Spiritualism, and Christ stands forth as thb individualised repre­sentative of a firm principle, tho divine inherent re­presentation of the almighty impulses of being, mov­ing upon the intellectual and affeotional plane, , de­monstrating praotioally what, ho taught theoretically, reaching forth his arms in love'to all humanity, Re­gardless of persecution, and presenting a magnifi­cent picture of moral courage in his antagonism to- error—and in this light he fs scon in'a far moro glo­rious aspect' than if you look at him as a God. - If he was divjne by nature, bo are you, and if ho could, stand persecution so can you, and as he was called upon to mount the calvary of physical persecution so may you be called on to mount the calvary of moral persecution—for therefore those who would sacrifice the modern 'Spiritualist between thb two thieveB of fanatloism and superstition. Follow in the steps of Christ, and onward will be your oourse, more beautiful will be your conceptions of humanity and of God.' Cultivate bright and pure thoughts, aim at moral perfection, strive to rise higher ahd higher, and thero is not an angel that looks'through the snowy clouds.that aro rolling over the blue depth: boyond, .|mt will thank ypu, and aid you in your on­ward maroh. ’ •_' ' ‘ ' , v

Mass State Temteiunce Convention.—A Mass State Temperance Convention will bb holden at Fitchburg on tho 7th and 8th o f October. Theso meetings will commence on tho pftcrnoon of Wednes­day, tho 7th, at half-past two o’clock, with a grand meeting of tho ohildren—to bo' addressed by Mr. Sinclair, of Scotland—t&d will continue through Thursday. , .,

Friends of Tomperance bf all organizations, are invited to be present Questions of great interest. will come beforo the meeting. . ' -

Fares on the railroad from Boston to Fitchburg will be reduced. ‘ T. '' '■ ; *

' . • : BBMOVAI.. ‘ i‘ Bela! Marsh haa remoted his book-store from

Franklin stroet, to N o.14 Bromfleld street,, where > may bo found a large assortment of spiritual publi­cations.' The i Banne can always be had ot thjscstablishttient. <> : 1 - ■

;V'- , i . Written fur th# Bwuwr of UgbC ..... . i FLASHES AN D JJABHEB BV THE W A T .

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. TIIE MYSTEBIODB K6YII0LE. '' Atout ttirteen yeaw' ago, the writer of this article

was engaged as a pedlar of cloth capB, neok-stocks, gloves, eto. In one of his excursions he found him­self, at the closo of the day, in front of a country store in tho pleasant villago of West Boylston—not far from Worcester. After displaying tho principal portion of liis merchondiie, and chaffering with tho store-kecper for an hour or more, ho succeeded in e f­fecting a small sale. The transaction being conclud­ed Pres, commenced re-loading, (for during thb time tho larger part of tho wagon Had been transferred to the store,) and in so doing,lie begged tho assist­ance of a small boy who stood near by, which was cheerfully .granted.. On going to tho cart, Pres made many ineffectual efforts to find tho keyhole, and as it had grown quite dark, and tho koyholo very Btnall, and ho being at tho. samo time quito overloaded with his wares, it was very difficult to find that samo keyhole. ’

" Curse the foy-holo—whore tho devil is that koy­holo! Confound that kcy-W c/” ho exclaimed, as somo of iiis armful toppled off, aud a half-dozen ofj the cloth caps went into thb dust And still ho kept fingering for the keyhole.

" Now,” said Prei, in , a manner that indicated just a small degree of excitement, as he shoved the key all oyer the sidb.of tho, wagon, but found no key­hole—“ I’ll register an oath that, just ono hour ago by any well regulated dock, I saw a keyhole hero and used it, and now it is gone ?” :

“ Can’t you find it, sir?” asked the boy, evidently becoming weary by the weight of his armful... “ No j I.hopo ;to be'blwed to pieces if I can!” an­swered I’res. “ ;3ffow can it bc.possiblo that any ono oould have stolen it?” , .i This question seemed to tlrike the boy quite forci­bly for, an instanf,,and then he replied,.saying “ I shouldn’t think that there could be .anybody in this toown so domed mean as to dew it !” and then, as if struck again by a sudden thought, he suggested that—“ it might haye dropped tout and ftll deown ontew thegreoundI” . , - . . .,- Pres. Baid nothing, but still kept feeling for the keyhole. ■ „

THE. QBE AT OAX.AMITj'Y.T h o C a U f o r n i a s ^ m e i - . i C i m t n i i ' A m e r i c a , f o r m e r l y

t h e G e o r g e L a w , f o u n d e r e d a t s e a o f f C a p e H a t t e r a s ,

o n S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g , t h e 1 2 t h i n s t , h a v i n g o n b o a r d

G 2 6 p e r s o n s , a n d t r e a s u r e a m o u n t i n g t o o v e r $ 2 , 0 0 0 , ­

0 0 0 . B y t h o l a t e s t a d v i c e s , 1 7 8 p a s s e n g o r s a n d c r o w

h a v e b e e n s a v e d , ' i n c l u d i n g a l l t h o w o m e n a n d c h i l -

d r e n o n b o a r d . T h i s i s b y f a r t h o m o s t a p p a l l i n g

d i s a s t e r w o h a v e b o o n c a l l o d t o r e c o r d , a n d s e n d s a

t h r i l l o f h o r r o r t h r o u g h t h o h e a r t o f e v e r y r e a d e r o f

t h o m e l a n c h o l y t a l e . ■ . , i .

ih (kasi.The Southern mail from all points, as late as due,

has arrived. .Tho brig Black Squall picked up a boat on tho

Great Bahama Bank, with three men in it who stated that thoy belonged to and wero the sole survi. vors of tho brig Albion Cooper, which was wrecked. One of them afterwards stated that tho captain, mate, and ono seaman wiro murdered by tho other two and tho vessel burned. They wero all in prison at Havana.' - '

Two slavers had been run ashore and burned’ be­tween Cardenas and Matanzas. '

Three cargoes of slaves had been landed within a week. ‘ ' ; .

The Metropolitan Theatre, in San Francisco, wasburnt on the 16th of August .......

In Washington Territory 20 Democrats and 5 Re­publicans had been elected Representatives. Stevens’ majority for Governor was 519. • '

Sandtfich Island dates are to July 9 th.. The cane orop promises abandonee; the coffee crop had been attacked by blight, and the -yield would be' reduced ono-third. -

es of Jptnt.

Nothing ow Ibjiig jfop-peweb,ut yourself I", w-

“ Mrs. Grizzle, have you ever retid the 'Last Days of Pompeii ?” Mrs. Grizzle, with a nervous twitch of the mouth, replied,— -‘' “ No’, sir, I believe I never read any of Mr^ Pom­peii’s works.” '- Why is the letter G like the sub ? Because it is

the centre of Yoraa mon who would prosper in love Bhould woo

gently., It'is not fashionable for young ladies to take ardent ipiritt. , ,

The botanists toll us tliat there is no suoh .thing in nature off a blaok flower. We, suppose they never heard of tho “ coal black Rose.” ,,. ■' .

Thebe is a good reason why a littlo': inan should never many a bouncing widow. He might be call­ed the widow’s mite. ' : -

The greatest organ in the world, some old bache­lor says, is the organ of speeeh in a woman—it is an organ without steps.’ , > .

Simpson says the ladies do not set their caps for the gentlemen any more; they spread their hoops.

Not long ago an eminent special pleader was at a' theatre seeing tho play of “ Macbeth.” Tn th6 scene 'where Macbeth questions the witches in the cavern, “ What is’t ye do ?" and they answer, •' A deed witlK out a name,” tbe phrase struck the sagacious lawyer as singularly defective, and he immediately remark­ed to a friend, “ Pooh! nonsense I O'.deed without aname is void, of oourse.’1 ..........;...... .

“ Talk of yer fast hosBes,—said a tall, raw boned Yankee, tQ a travelling pedlar alive for a swap, "who cares if your’n can git over the road in 2 : 4 0 ! Why, only last'week when it rained so like jehu I' started from tho villago just as the shower oamo on with that old mare, (pointing to tho old white animal that Seem­ed on her last legrf,) and drove four miles home, and clean into tho barn, and ail tlio time it rained into the hind eend of my wagon and I nover got o drop.- And not moro’n a month agoachainofdightnin’ took arter her all ovor1 the lower paster, and arter runnin’1 two or throe timeB round the lot sho hopped tho wall, and thero tho lightnin’ hit a stun. and stoppod it short Your hoss ain’t nowhere.” ;; ,

A oentleman who has a very strong desire to bo a funny man, sat down upon a hooped skirt tho othor day. With a desperation equal to toy omcrgenoy, ho whistled, “ I'm sitting on tho style, Mary.”

Iqnohant, mat b e .— Traveller— My b b / whero does thiB road go to?” Boy—“ This road, oh 1 'tain’ t mover bln no whar sinco father livbd hfero. ;

'Sokebody, wo believe Punch, wrote ihe following dospatoh for the Queen to send tb the President, after tho'cable broke:— ' *

Mr. Buchanan—On earth, peaoo—overboard, ano ther piece.- --t •

,a jtipe pear in a, coaty of ooppcr Jby th eleotrotypo probess, and expects te pnapno, the fruit for his. ohll-dna'ftpUldnnto.eM. .1 j

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Canal Tolls.—Thero has boon a very great failing off this season in tho amount-of tolls received on the New York canals, from tho amount received last yoar. Tho deoftsase of receipts is owing maiuly to tho fact that tho West has had comparatively littlo freight to send forward, because, as is alleged, West-' era traders have been unablo to pay their debts to Eastern merchants, nnd but small purchases huvo been made fbr Western consumption.

Isaac Frees died in^Argylc, September 10, nt tho age of 78 years dnd 17 (lays. Mr. Frees was ono of th<^jj!tflett}fcl^jp Argylc, taking up a tract of land o w W hs year 1800, on tbcfwoBt bank of Penobscot river, in tho then almost unbroken wilderness, whioh ho ever aftor mado his home. He had much influ­ence with tho Penobscot tribo of ImliiuiB when their numbers wero numerous, and often preserved the set­tlers from their hostile attacks. -

Mn. PuiLir Clark, formerly bf Iowa- city, returned to tha^placo a day or two since, from California, after an absence of eight years. He left a wife, children, and a valuable farm, when ho Vent to Cal­ifornia. • He findB, on hiB return, that his wife has long since married, having first secured a divorce and a decree, giving her tho farm for her support Tho farm has been sold, and is now in other hands, and his former wife iB in Bomo other part of tho country. ^

Rei-outs from Washington state that tho adminis­tration has determined to enforce the neutrality 1 'ws, and hns issued orders to U. S. Marshals nnd Distriot Attorneys , te prevent'any expedition leaving tho United StntCB that may be supposed to bo in opposi­tion to the neutrality laws: Tho order aims at the expeditions of General Walker. -

The Madison (Wisconsin) Journal-says that Hon. C. C. Washburn, M. C., from that district has pre­sented to tho State Historical Society tho books which havo como to him as a member of Congress. Thoy number several hundred volumes, many of’ them of great valuo. ' ; .

The family of Mr. Thomas E. Brightman, of Fall River, wero aroused on' Tuesday night by the cries of a child, which was found to bo-co'vered with blood, which was flowing fronT its hand. It had been se­verely bitten by Bpmo animal, probably a weasel.

The 17th op Septemheil—Tho marshals who acted at tho inauguration of the -Franklin statuo, hold a meeting at tho Tremont House, and voted hereafter to make the day tho occasion pf an annual celebra­tion. ■ ’ “ . -. •

On Monday night the city of Portland was lighted with gas obtained from p ea t, The experiment iB said, to have beon the first of tbo kind ever mode frf Amer­ica, and was entirely successful, tho light being clear and brilliant '• . -

The dcitth of Senator Rusk is attributed to{a tu­mor at the back of his neck, which' produced inflam­mation of tho brain; and catiscd insanity. His ghy- eians had previously expressed their opinion thut he could not livo long. . ' .. The enormous quantity o f peaches rocelvcd in New-

York, in one day, may bb judged from the fact that the Camden.and Amboy Railroa3^i8 received $2100 for freight ono day, a t ' eight cents a basket, for peaches. '

Failures have been very common during tho past, trfo wcoks.-riot only in. this city, but in the oilier cities of the country. It is a hard pinch for the mer­cantile community. -

Judoe Conns’ resignation of his scat on the bcnoh of the Supremo Court has been - accepted by tho President, and his successor has already been selecU d, but not named. ,

James Gordon Bennett, editor of tho Now York Herald, on Tuesday, gave bail in tho sum of $1000 to answer the complaint of libel, brought by Daniel E. Siokles. ’ ’

Mil. Wise is shortly to make a balloon ascension in Newburyport The citizens are-getting up a sub­scription for tho purpose.

It is thought that RufuB Choate will receive tho appointment of Judgo of the U. S. Supremo Court, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judgo CuHis.' ■

The Connecticut StateLFair will commence on Tues­day, Oct 13, dtid hold tnreo days. It is to be holden about ono mile wost from tho city of Bridgeport, on the road to Fairfield^

Eli Tuayer ha^purchased seven steam engines, equal to BiO horso power, for the saw and grist mills to be ereoted>at his froo soil oity, Coredo, in Virginia.

A Washington letter says that a grand piano, of Chickering’s make, has been placed in tho White House. Old Buok is determined to face tho music.

F, L. Olmbtead, author of Tho Seaboard Slave States, has been appointed -Superintendent of tho Now York Central Park.

The ball worm is committing ravagoB in tho cen­tral counties of Alabama, destroying, in some instan­ces, wholo fields of cotton*~ St. Lotus is noted for the quantity and quality of hor flo.ur. Her capacity for manufacturing is said te bo 1,000,000 barrels annually. ^

Sixtt.nine now members entered'Amherst College at the commencement of tho present term. •

.Robberies aro reported to bo quite common n su­burban towns of late. . .

Fivo thousand boxes of herrings woto oaught at Newport, in one week, rcocntly. ' . -

Snow on the White Mountains/—Tho summit of. Mount Washington was, on Thursday, ooyercd with snow. „ • ■' ' ■■ - - •

The failures in all parts of tho country oome thiok ond fast No ono can toll who will go next

The weather, during tho post week, has been Very fine, though at times rather cool. ' , '

Tuerb will bo the usual cranberry crop, this fall, hi spite of the early worms., . ,

A vebdiot of 0.14 oenta luis just been rendered against tho New York Times in

T h e B r i t i s h s t e a m s h i p P e r s i a h a s a r r i v e d , b r i n g ­

i n g d a t e s f r o m L i v e r p o o l t o t h e f l t h i n s t '

Tho (underwriters on thq, oablo bf tho Atlantio Telegraph Company had'.offered to Bettlo tho claimson them by paying 80 1-2 por cent'in cashi

Tho American horse Lcoompte had been badly beaten. •

R u m o r s o f a M i n i s t e r i a l c h a n g o i n E n g l a n d . w c r e

r i f e .

Tlio Emperor Napoleon had abruptly left .the camp at Chalons, and it was rumored that he was having a secret intorviow with tho Uiar, preparatory to tho formal meeting at Darmstadt on or about tho 17th instant

A dispatch from PariB, of tho 3d inst., says that tho Court of Assizes had condemned Lodru Rollin, Mazzini, Mnsaurentl und Campanula, to transporta­tion. . .

Tho Mexican Clinrgo d’Affaires hnd left Madrid in consequence o f the rupturo in diplomatic re­lations. t '

Tho Emperor of Austria's journey through Hun­gary ia suid to havo beon a perfcot triumph.

Tho Gazette do la-Bourse of Vienna Btntes jn good authority that diplomatic relations will soon be re­sumed between Naples, and England nnd France, Austrian mediation having been at work to accom­plish that.objeot .

Advices from the Caucasus stato thatScliamyl still hold eleven out of tho twelve blockhouses which ho took from the Russians. Re-inforccments of 20,000 men arc to be sent against him.

Largo bodies of Russian cavalry havo marched toward tho Austrian frouticr with a view of pre­venting Austrian interference in tlic affairs of the Danubian Principalities. , ,

The ucxt mail from India is awaited with intense interest, It will b r in g intelligence of nil tlmt has ocourrcd for moro than a mouth Bince the last re­ceipts'. ■ f '

FOUIt DAYS LATER.Quebec, Sept II).—Steamer Indian passed River

du Loupe ot 2 o’clock this afternoon. The news brought by this arrival presents no feature of strik­ing importance. •

EnoLanu.—The English underwriters have settled all claims growing out of the loss of tho Atlantio Cable.

Additional troops Vro under orders for embarka­tion to India, which will make a total reinforcement from Groat Britain of -10,000 men. •

Spain.—It is said that Spain has suspended prep­aration, for tho expedition against Mexico, and that tho difficulty iB tb bo submitted io the arbitration of France and England, with Bavaria as umpire. _

Italy.—It is rumored that Maziini is organizing' another Italian Revolution.

China.—Tho most perfect understanding exists between England and Franco on tlio Chincso ques­tion. If Lord Elgin fails to get satisfaction, war will bo simultaneously declared by both govern­ments.

Cai-b be Verde.—The U; S. frigate Cumberland, and tho corvette St. Louis, were at Cape, do Verde, August 20. . ,

Intelligent from Romo is highly favorable to tho arrajigcm&}J/of the difficulty between tho Holy Bee and Mexico. Tho sales of church property and the suppression i>f convents already effected,. arc to be recognized.

. TO CORRESPONDENTS.J. .8.’, ro*Ti4H M ic h .— Wo nro thankful for your kind wlrtics

for our BueecBit, nuil tru't-l yuu will yet livo mnnj- yearn to da much.for tlio good cuubu. Tlio iiut-mn you re ce n tly fur- minted to ub do nut como tin Co tlio truo Klnndnnl o f puro poetry, n» you nmy youiwlf m-o-If you will hut read, thu poeina of olthcr tbe nplrlta you <|iiot«, urltlvu whilo In tlio iurin. Woquubllon Un hviiuriicnitiit uf lln: a u th o ritie s yuu ’ luivo quuU.il, nnd advlsu yuu lo lx- coveim-d In theso nint- tcrs by your own rcnuun, ri'moinlxulnt! that Bplrltn tmii't Iio Irk'd by It, as well iib mortnlB. liy bo doing you may cattily eetiarato tlio cliutT from tlin wheat. Wo always dletnirt Bpirits who como to u« b e a rin g micli uumes as yuu Bpcnk of. If they cannot como up tu their ciandard of Intcllccl on earth, It Ifl Ix-tter oven if you Ixilloro It to bo true, to receive truth, not paying bo much aUcuUon to high Bound­ing nameB. I'uuiilo wliu aro ulways calling fo r WublilngUm, Franklin, and liko magnates, aro very apt tn Iio Imposed upon by other spirits anxluuB to ciuuniuno with Karth's children, htil who, if they gnvo thoir truo oartli nami'B, would lie Kent away. Wo tlu not moan by theso remurks to bo your Judge, fur It Is enough for ub to Judge outfelveB, but merely tu glvo you alow hint*, which may assiBt your Judgment,

F. M. 0., Ciir-LBF.*.—Your communication In referenco to Uio “ Davenport IIoj-h " Is unavoidably deferred. U will be printed in our next Ib s u u . '

11. T. C., l'HtLAiir.u-itu.—Your letter Is acceptable, and will bo printed noon. Wo aro grateful fur your kind words of encouragement. -

J .T . GILMAN l’IKK, M. D„ KCLKOTIC l'llYSICIA.V,• respectfully olTorB hln l’rorctBlonal Bcpiccs to tho cltl-

zciib of DubUm, and the public generally. Ua may bo fuuud for tlio present nt tlio Natlunal House, Ilaymarket Square.' . tf—25 Bopt, IB

SPECIAL NOTICES.Bobtok.—Eukkay Br.nvicEs will bo held In tho Musio Iltll,

on Bunday, September Bitli, at 3 and 7 1-8 o'clock P.; M. Anna M. llonderaon will lccturo. Binging by tho Misses UalL

L. K. C oon-let will preach in Stoughton on Sunday, Sep­tember 27th. ,

Wahuen Ciiabe will lccturo In Lowell, (September 27th. CAMBBinoEronT.—Mootings at Washington Hall, Main

street, avory Sunday afternoon and evening, at 8 and 7 o'­clock. • - •■ "

Manchesteh, N. II.—Itogular Sunday meetings In Court ltooin Hull, City Uall building, at tho usual hours.

LECTURERS, MEDIUMS, AN D AGENTS F p a THE BANKBH . ' ' '

ttclurers and Modlums resident In towns and cities, will confer n favor on ub by acting as 'our agent* for obtaining subscribers, and, In return, wllllx) allowed tlio usual commis­sions, and proper nollco In our colutnnt.

Chabi.es H. CnowELL, Tranco-spoaUng and Healing Mo dlum, will respond to calls to lecture In tlio New Englaml States, i Letters, to Ills addross, Cambridgeport, Mbbs., willrocclvo prompt attention. ,; ; ‘ - • __

II. 'N. BAtLAAD, Losturor and ,HoaUng Medium, Burling­ton, Vt» *1 • . '

L. K. Coomlkt, Tranco Bpeaker, Tortlond, Mo. , W m. U. JocBLtH, Tranco Bpeaklng and H ealing Hodlum,

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No 87 J oclu on street, Lawronco, Mass.II. B. Btobxb, Tranco Bpeaklng Uodlum. Address Now

Itaven, Conn. - . ‘

TH E DAVENFOET BOYS.Tlicto celobmtcd Mediums for Physical Manifestations of

Spirit Prcsonco and Power, lmvo established themselves at oommodious parlors, Ko. 0 La Qrange Place,' (loading from Washington street,) In a qulot nnd respcctablo part (if tbo dty, whero they will glvo publio exhibitions of thoir poweu, at a o'clock P. M., and 7 1-3 In tho evening..

Private circles If requested. 'Tills Is ono of tho best Opportunities to witness this class

of Spiritual Phonomena, oror presented to our oltlzons. Every_ man can now satlsiy hlmsolf as, to whetbor thoso manlfestn- tlous do tako placo, leaving tho question of their spirit origin to ho settled aftor. ' - . »•*.

"Aro theso things sof' Is tbo'flrst qneltlon to bodeoidod. ’Udies will find this a good opportunity to witness tyie man-

itestaU ons,»».tlioynrogW en^taprit»to|re ild on oo .; '( •Prioe fifty pent* eacli ticket, odmltUnji dne person w tho

circle,. f.l. :,)!.• w«»

8BVBN YEABS WITH IN- THE OLD AND NEW W O B M } s . ,

pSIKO A NARRATIVE OF THK VISIT or HR8.W. B. IIAYDEH,xo icnoiund. fbanos and Ireland ; with A pauur

ACCOUNT or HER BAPJ-Tf EXIT.RIENCK AS A ; VKMUX TOR SPIRIT MANIFEffTATIpM . W AMERICA. '

JT DR. WILLIAM R. HAYDKlf. .

' Ch»pU>r XI.—Continued.Lttler from Sir Charles Isham, Lamport Ilall, Nor-

4* ' ham/iton, to the tilitor of the Leader.S m ;— H a v in g o b serv ed in y o u r jo u r n a l o f th e 8 th

i n s t , a s ta tem en t r e s p e c t in g d ie n lleg cU s p ir it m a n ­ife s ta tion s , fro m a c o r re s p o n d e n t w h o a p p e a r s to h a v e b u t p a rtia lly in v e s t ig a te d the in a tte r , I t a k e th o l ib ­

' c r t y o f t r a n s m it t in g to 'y o u a fuw a d d it io n a l p a r t ic -- ulars. Tlie writer of the nrtiiilc appears to havo hud.

but one interview; he called the epirit of an old ser­vant—whether an intelligent one or/not is not stated

. —and obtained to tho'several questions put apparent­ly incoherent affirmatives . or negatives, which lie probably elicited by dwelling upon certain letters of the alphabet, and by obtaining raps through that nieaus, or by discarding the alphabet and consider­ing a rap to signify yes, and siletico no. My own

■'case, sir, was somewhat similar to that of your cor­respondent. . , .

I, upon the first occasion, called the Bpint of an _old servant—the experiment was unsatisfactory; I fthen attempted to help him, but got on with difficul­

ty ; had I had the inclination, I feel confident an­swers could have been obtained equally absurd as those your correspondent' prides himself with having so ingeniously succeeded in obtaining.

I, however, did not throw discredit on, or treat witli scorn, the cx[>cricncc of others; I therefore de­termined to try again the next evening, believing that the failure rested either in myself or soipe other unknown causer I called the spirits of two o f , iny own nearest relations, who might, naturally, 1« sup­posed to be more intimately connected with myself; they both presented themselves, giving proofs of their identity which could never have occurred to me to Beek. I tested them in various ways. 1 was also

i anxious to ascertain whether by willing strongly,‘...and dwelling upon wrong letters, I could obtain

false answers, but failed to influence them in any tray whatever, whether tho alphabet was placcd upon, or concealed under tho table, and nt each of the several successive irjerviews the rapport appears to be more thoroughly established whether 1 ask questions mentally or audibly, concise and clear an­swers will be-given, excepting in some few instances, when no reply can be obtained.

8o far as the moving of tables is concerned, I ob­tained my request, during the second interview, in bo satisfactory a manner, that I consider time may be more profitably employed than in seeking a rep­etition of i t ; it moved out of the reach of Mrs. Hay­den, and soon after regained its former position; it moved upon its axis in a peculiarly smooth, gliding manner; not the top only, but the whole table, as 1 particularly observed, commencing with an almost invisible motion until it gained a rapid pace, and stopped suddenly. I immediately endeavored myBelf to produce a similar motiou, but m unable.

1 will conclude by stating that I have reason to con­sider Mrs.' Hayden to be a lady possessed of courage, but, having a delicate and sensitive mind, any insults directed against her, whether personally or through tho medium of the press, may be likely to have a ten­dency to disarrange and interrupt that ubtle and mysterious agency so intimately connected with our higher nature, which we may look forward to as

, promising to become, sooner or later, according to its reception, an additional grand and sublime source of enlightenment to all BoWr-minded persons of our

. own and future ages. May I venture to recommend those who determine to investigate for themselves, to refrain from publishing tho crude ideas of an hour's experience, especially should they arrive at conclusions opposite to those of the thouBauds who have been making .the subject their earnest and constant study during the past five years.

I am, sir, Jour obedient servant, C. E. L . The following letter, which was addressed to the

Editor ot the Loader, we insert, becauso it contains some excellent thoughts and much sound, practical wisdom: • . '"

S ir Permit mo, If you conveniently con, the op­portunity of affording Mr. Lowes a peg on which to hang a few shreds of additional comments, jn defence of his “ hypothesis," relative to the Spirit-rapping *• imposture." .

Mr. Lewes considers thnt he has proved his hy­pothesis; but, if another explanation of the facts re­corded by him bepossible, what becomes ofthe “proofs” he bo confidently relieB on ? Suppose, then, the spirits summoned to the leance, taw through Mr.. Letces’ scheme, and felt disposed to gratify him tcith hit proof t .

Here is another hypothesis, which many as cau­tious criticff os Mr. Lewes niay be disposed to ac­cept, quite as readily as his own. He docs not hes­ita ted impute, by anticipation, imposture to others, nor, in the realization of his hypothesis, to “ act” an imposture himself; why should the “ spirits ” be do- n i«l their revenge upon him ? Aro there no wags out of the body as well as in it ? Are we to dictate to the wag abovo how he is to treat tho wag below?

Again, sinking tho idea of waggery: concede that there is quackery^ ignoble imposture, in the Spirit- medium profession—that the base and unworthy have, in thiB as in most other relations, however sa­cred, become mixed up with the pure and true—may not Mr. Lewes’ crucial instance, and its results, havo been Been to bo needful, as a caution and a guide to inquirers, and on this ground, “ acted" by the spirits? ■

But further, Mr. Lewes’ hypothesis does not cover the whole facts of th? phenomena. It does in no way explain the unexccptionably attested cases, recorded in the American literature on tho subject, and in the records of private investigation into which the vulgar notion of imposture, besides being excluded by the

■ very nature of the occurrenccs dcscri.bcd;-is, on other grounds, wholly inadmissible. IIow, for instanco,

...... does it apply to the following case:—A> pair of Bcis-Bora are held by the points, by a •‘ medium," o.ver a sheet of writing paper. Ono of tho personB present

“ drops a pencil into tho thumb-hole of the scissors., Presently the pencil begins to move, and the signa­

ture of a person known to bo dead appears I The father, or other near relatives of the person is pres­/ent, and, from Bomo peculiarity in it, disputes the genuineness of tho signature. Tho recent letters of

I the person are appealed to, and in thebe the vcrv 'same peculiarity is found, and the‘exact 'correspond­ence o f the two signatures demonstrated.

This case is reported In Horace Greely’s paper,; tlie Tribune, and, if I mistake not, he vouches for tho

. honor and capacity of his correspondent, who gives the o r ig in a l letter of the father, or relativo of the al­leged s p i r i t writer. I mention it from memory, but u n oertain < the main facts of the record are as stated.

I have myself seen nothing of the “ rapping " ■ ox­' pertinents. I have, however,'seen so much of other

equally mysterious things, that I hoBitato to accept- a n explanation ofthe « rapping*,"which implies .bo

muoh .oredulity on the one side, and so much deprav.. ity on the other.

Having briefly thrown a new test before your ac- !''<^pJfahed;«JWe«te»r, I aw*lt hie evor genial, how

ever trenchant/criticism.' » ’ And am, sir, yours truly, « A.”

Liverpool, March 24th, 1803. , :., . [To be continued.} . ,

‘ V«inn« are recommended for dropqr,“ medical jo u r o i^ W a r e said tobe fcsnefl

' . niort hopeless eases. ;The flirt day; pne, U p . wm-Kton, afl«r taking the peel oft andcnttinglt.iip Info

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CH AT W IT H OOBBESPONDBNTS.We havo sadly neglected some of our correspon­

dents of late, but.not because we did not appreciate, their favorB. Oh, no 1 for we • find many an en­couraging' word penned therein; and kind words are lubricators to tbe machinery of the spirit, absolutely indispensable to an editor’s happiness.' Thoy are so many assurances that his toils are appreciated, and with eaoh signature he feels that his friends are increasing—friendB he so much needs. They keep him acquainted with the movements of the busy world, and ho sees where he can make a move to increase }he sphere of his usefulness. An intimaoy springs up between him and his correspondents which supplies a void'iii his heart, and if the budget of letters grows less in numbers, he feels a tlitf- quietudo as if all was'not right in the great family he draws «$>out him. Many a bright thought or a pleasing hint is given, .and tho .world of humanity daguerreotypes a new Jifo upon his soul, which never cast its light thero before;- Ofttimcs' there is some­thing noted, which will cheer the hearts of many

riendB. aiid then these letters are public proporty. Friends in tl e Wcst%il^lean something from the first on our list; in refeflfflfe to tho movements of one of their mediums.

New London, Sept. 10,1807. Brothers of the Danner—I havo been induced

to sit down and pen a few lines to you, for wo havo groped so long in darkness.in this placeiin regard to spiritual things, that it is a matter of rejoicing to the friends of the cause of humanity, to see a faint spark of light glimmering, and they are anxious to fan.the spark into a flame.

We have as it were been isolated from all the teachings of our spirit friends, while around and about us, the workers in tlio cause,-have stood forth and proclaimed the good news to^anxious, listening crowds. ••• “ - i . • '

But at last I believe the spell is broken, and wc havo ^ecn permitted to listen to four lectures given by the spirit through the organism of Mrs. 0. M. Tuttle, o f Albion, Mich., one of the best tranco- speqkers in our land. Sho endears herself to all who may como in contact with her by her amiable and retiring disposition. Wc wouild recommchd her to all who would listen to the words of truth and soberness. She gave two lectureB on Sunday last: the one in the afternoon—subject given to her by the audienoe—was with regard to Christ’s casting out the devils, and their entrance into the herd of swine. Tho lecture in the evening—subject given by tho audience—was tho proofs of the immortality of tho soul, the existence of mind independent of matter, and in regard to the final happiness of all of earth’s dwellers, or the eternal misery of a portion of the human family. This lecture was delivered by a spirit-friend, who designates himself as The Friend to Humanity. A vast audience listendd.with pro­found attention to this lecture, and as it was finished, thero Bcemed to be one long drawn breath from all within the sound pf her voice'. t .

I think theBe lcoturcs have awakened an interest*in tho causo, whioh will not be suffered to die out Wo aro in hopes that now tho ice is broken, there will be others who latxwJbr ,tho cause who will come this way, They will find a ready welcome from tbe few tried frien'ds of our beloved cause— please Bend them along.

I really wish that there was some of your invalu­able papers sent here for Bale; there are those who wbuld buy, but are afraid to subscribe; who are yet ashamed to own their God as seen in his wonderful works. There aro many in this placo who read all that they get upon the Bubjcct, but are afraid to lot it be soon. There are a number of the Spiritual Ago and Telegraph sold here, but not one of the Boston papers.' 1 have hastily written this, and therefore you must excuse the mistakes, and take tho will for the deed. ‘ .

By the way, thero are two friends who have been seeking a test from a spirit. friend by a communica­tion through Mrs. Conant, to be published in the Bannor. 1 am, respectfully, '

Yours in the cause, H. C.

New London is supplied with papers from New York; but if ourjriend will send us the name o f the periodical-dealer tnere, we will endeavor to see that the Banner ’floats there, as proudly as it docs else­where. the spirits communicate, we shall publlBh with pleasure.

Sometimes we are called npon to set a friend right, and clear up a lurking doubt which hangs over his mind like a palL O f this nature is one from a friend in Philadelphia, who has some doubts of the honesty of a medium in this city, and asks if “ tho friends in Boston are satisfied that be is deal, ing honeBtly." He adds, 11 My love of the cause wiU not induce me to .keep any • gammon * dark for its sake. The cause of truth is not to bo forwarded by fraud.” , .

We hold it to be the duty o f the true friends to expose any fraud or imposition when well proven. But in this case it does not follow that there is a fraud,becau8eyouraffair Ib not attended to. The gentleman you speak of would undoubtedly answer your letter, did the spirit see fit to prompt him. The fact that you have not rcoeived an answer is somo evidenoe that thorns iB no fraud intended. If he manufactured answers, he would bo likely to attend to you. No medium iB perfect in his powers, and some spirit may find that lacking in the organ­ism, which is necessary for him to manifest through. He does not- guarantee answers, and no medium can do so, or will) if he understands tho nature of com­munication between the two states of existence. We think he honeBtly attends to his letters, and trans­mits answers when received. It is his interest so to do—it is his business .to submit to spirit control for this purpose. Wo have seen Bome fine tests given through him. We have heard some complaints, not of dishonesty, but of failure to completely satisfy tho parties applying to him. And what medium is suo- ceBsful under all circumstances? Wo havo never seen one—and in tho present state of tho matter, tho thing is not to be had. About four fifths of thoso who address him .receive answers, many of thom really surprising in their nature. .

A stronger has callod.ujpon us and givon us proof of the. medium’s powere, just as we finished the above sentence. A father, from,whom nothing had been heard Bince the Bon’w&s nn,infont, answered a letter giving his own namei, andl, addrpsslng it to tlie son. TKere vfas nothing jn eittor lotter giving any clue to names, and as jthe son does riot retide In Bo«ton and.w^s a Btraugor to tlie niedinih,:the fefet ihA oon- Biderod Yery good. 'j;U j

The nekt Mend who writes us, reads ub a lesson from nature,' in this w i s e , v ;

' Brian, Ohio, July 26,1857..'M e88rb. Editors— Being passionately fond of the

poetry of Nature, I have this day been raralfling amid tho fields .and woodlands of this north-western por­tion of Ohio. .

In’ my. meandering*, I wandered amid a dense mass of wild rose bushes in full bloom. The beauti­ful display of flowers begot in my heart the sweetest spiri t of inspiration, and I reflected much upon'the moral teachings o f Nature in the lesson now open' before me. These flowers are charmingly beautiful, but the stalks, on which they grow are rough and thorny, . '

Prior to the , outgrowth of the beautiful foliage whidh adorns them, they were as rudo and uninviting as the lonely haunts of tho wilderness; They are a fitting emblem of human nature in the immaturity of its development, before tho graces of the spirit of love and wisdom come forth to shed their beauties and fragranoe to all who may delight to’witness the unfolding o f the loveliness of human character.■ Whon mankind live in the lower developments of avarice, selfishness and fraud, there is but the rude, thorny bush—and the careless observer little dreams that there is an internal clement in that thorny sorub, which will bring forth flowers and fragrance to “ make, tho wilderness blossom as the .rose." There are no examples of human nature, however rudo and uncultivated, but may be, in the source of an unfolding future,’ formed to blossom wiih all the- bcauties of a true and noble manhood or woman­hood. . ' • ' • J. O.B.

Ood has not made a human soul without implant­ing in it some flower of rarest beauty; which, if cultivated as He designed it should be, would impart its fragrance and its loveliness to all around, adding to the splendor of that garden, in which God loves io walk. If we oould but feel this, what charity, what love we should bear our brother; and how we should seek to aid him in, unfolding the petals of roses which are destined to bloom in immortal glory.

Now comes an account of a ludicrous manifesta­tion of an opponent of Spiritualism, who probably learned his lesBon from some of those Divines'(divin­ity is scarce when titles are conferred by Colleges,) who exalt the devil so far above God and power, that men will soon begin to worship the old gent with the cloven foot, who displays his prowess bo exten­sively, in preference to a God who cannot, pr will not, manifest*to his oreatures --

FmroNviLLE, Mass., Aug. 10,1857. Editors of the Banner:—Dear Sir—Perhaps it

may not be deemed intrusive in ono personally un­acquainted with you, lo send a word of greeting from this section o f the country. Tho good cause excites considerable interest. here, and numbers some of the most intelligent of the population among its friendB. We have been favored with visits from Mrs. TownBend, MissAmedy, Coonley, and others, who 3iave left a good impression; cheering and strengthening by the words of truth and counsel. ^

We have also been favored with a solution of thiB11 mysterious delusion,” from tho other side, and per-, haps a short account of the way it is settled will not prove entirely without interest. • • ; . ’ !

Well, one pleasant evening last week, the quiet of our little village was broken by the noisy entrance of an itinerant iaedioine pedlar, who rode through the town, announcing an out-door entertainment in front of the hotel, at seven o’clock. At the appointed time, quite an audience having assembled, he mounted his wagon, and drawing from'beneath the'Beat a vio­lin, commenoed by making a. few remarks on most every Bubject, and no subject in particular. Next in order was a song, with’violin .accompaniments; then the introduction bt his medloine, detailing the virtues it contained, and the vast benefit he was so anxious to confer upon suffering, humanity, all for the moderate Bum of twenty-five cents. After having exhausted everything else, he turned his attention to "Spiritualism,” and delivered himself something after the following manner:— . ..

“ I believe in Spiritualism, and I do not believo it.I am satisfied, after due investigation, that the raps are caused by something, more than human agency. Now, the question is, what is it? . Lot us go to the Bible for a key to unlock this mysteiy; if we study it attentively, we will find the good Book gives.ao- counts.all the way through' of the devil produoing similar manifestations, from the timo of the Witoh of Endor, who was. a modinm. down io Christ’s time. And then look at tho mediums; who aro they ? Their characters trill not bear five minutes investigation, but are worthless and mean( going about the oountry gulling money from the people, under'the pretence of having a familiar Bpirit."

This, by the way, oame .With good graco from one who has spent most of Mb life gulling the commu­nity by his-worthless traps, and has got rich by it ; and ho forgot to tell his audience whether Moses and Elias were sent to the mount by the devil, or if the same noted pcrsonago opened Peter’s dungeon and knocked the chains from his limbs; and many other glorious proofs of spirit power were left unexplained, probably for want of time. ,

Ihave written a hasty sketch of-what is going on around, and if it is of any uso. to you, use it, if not, throw it in your receptacle for waste paper. The Banner finds somo readers We, and may it find still more, for it contains many gems of thought, and words of cheer, that have an infiuenoe for good, and help to raise the fallen, and, like thoBe of old, bind up the broken heart, and dry the mourner's tears with promiBcs of immortality. , .

Yours,tie., ' IL

Well, if this devil continues to. give ns as good counsel as he has for someyears 'past,'we don’t see but whoit. mankind will be the gainers in the end by transferring their allegiance from the Unknown God. But what<if those who cry (tut “ devil," should some day find that it was’ only the ugly film which igno­rance and bigotry had plaoed -before their eyes, and through which they looked, which clothed their loving Father in hideousness, while he looked;on with pity at their misconception o f his charaoter? ThiB day will come, if all who recognise the True God in Spiritualism will oiily live in his love, as did His be­loved Bon, showing that they are of God as he was, because they do the work of Him who Bent them forth as pioneers in the liist melation to man.

great' interest i to all who witness^ the scene. Bhe had been an invalid for a number o f yean, and had suffered much; but the belief, in the Spiritual phe­nomena had buoyed up her spirit to the last; and although the material body was diseased in every part, in those last hours she had her oonBoiouaness, and colled for each o f her friends in ' the house, and taking, eaoh-by the hand, had something to say to them in regard to her exit from-this to the better land. Sho Baid, '■ I see. many of my spirit' friends bending over me, and they hold in their hands beau­tiful bouquets, and welcome me to come." She was vory earnest that the friends'around should see them.' She said, “ I sefl my brother Georgo distinct­ly.” (This brother passed on four weeks previous.) •On the Monday following I attended the funeral, and tho Unitarian ineeting-house was thrown open for tho funeral services, whioh were performed through the organization of Miss Rosa Amedy, assisted by the Rer.-'Mr. Alger,‘ who, I have been informed, graduated from tho Bame institution, at the same timo with the Professor who is loudest in denounc­ing mediums. It did many souls good to seo the ^bcral feeling exhibited on the ‘occasion. The ad­dress through Miss Amedy was of tho most exalting and soul-soothing nature, and upon meeting at the tomb, a large cirole of friends being formed around the casket, Mies Amedy was entranced, and a beau, tiful poetical address was delivered, oocupying some twenty minutes in its delivery. j . VV. G,

THE “ GANABGWA LETTEBS.’ *„ P h ila d e lp h ia , Sept. 4,1857.

Somebody, I see, is writing letters to the Olive Brafloh from Mud Creek, under, the caption of Gan- argwa Letters. I saw number one, in which some allusionB wero made to the origin of the spiritual manifestations at Hydesville, N. Y. Among the falsehoods, I remember, was the statement that the wEolething was concocted as a Iriok for the first of Apriyand was not intended to be carried any far- JherSiUhe time. These letters are underthe name of “ BerttarMortimer,” and. as I supposed the first one to be written:by some school Miss, (like muoh of tho gossip in the samo paper,) who wanted to say something on tho'order of fiction, I did not deem it worth notioibg. - '

-Now, here oomes “ Ganargwa Letter, No. 2." It soberly pretends to give a history of tho origin of the manifestations as first noticed at Hydesville. We don^tTfhojv who llcrtha Mortimer-is or whero she lives, but one of two things'we know concerning her— she is either ignorant of the whole matter, or a gross and wilful romancer. Hear her:—

“ We place Spiritualism in the class of Humbugs, first—because it was started for an ‘ April fool,' and second, because wherever thoroughly investigated it has been proved to retain a large share of its original character.”

Here the first falsehood is that it was got up as an11 April fool," and the second is that when investi­gated it hhs been proved to be a humbug. It did not oommence on tho first of April oir very near it. No history of it gives any grounds,for suoh a statement It is one of Bertha’s fabrications.

The testimony of Miehael Meekman and his wife, taken by E. E. Lewis, Esq., April 11, 1848, shows that they lived in the house afterwards occupied by the Fox family, and that they were disturbed by the same noises, about one year before the noise teas heard by the Fox family. Others testify to the same thing; but they had not the courage to disolose the facts be­fore, for. fear of being ridiouled. Two witnesses testify that the same tliings occurred there as early as 1814. It is well attested that the “ mysterious rapping "w as heard in the-house before the Fox family occupied it The nearest the truth Bertha gets is about- the first of April, for thb neighbors were first called in by the Fox family on the evening of the 31st of Maroh; but this was after they had been repeatedly alarmed by the noise, and wished to have others assist in finding the cause. (See11 Mod­ern Spiritualism, its Faots and Fanaticism,” chap. 2.) So much for the Olive Branch’s correspondent on the first o f April.

On the assertion that wherever it has been' thor­oughly investigated, it has proved to be a humbug, wo will only say that the "many searching tests that have been applied give this ah emphallo ' contradic­tion. Hear Bertha again:—

11 The account which they gave of' its appearance is nearly as follows: In the early part of the Spring, the youngest daughter, being confined to her bed by indisposition, was disturbed by strange noises, and 9ft repeated raps, whioh increawd in violence until the poor girl begged to be removed. The noises fol­lowed her through different parts of the house, until, wearied out, sho made some impatient remark; as -if addressedto the cause of the disturbance, when lo I a response of three distinot raps was heard I Again sho addressed it, and again receiyed the same re' spouse." , ' -

False, every-word of it- The youngest daughter (Kate) was not slok, she did not beg to be removed, the sounds did ’flOtt at first, follow her, or any one else in partioular, and the family never gave any such acoount.. The story about her addressing the sounds and getting .three distinct raps, is equally false. Nothing of the kind ever oocurred. More falsehood could scarcely bo crowded into the Bame space- The firet idea of there being any intelligence about it, was .from Kate striking -her hand on the bod and hearing the sounds repeated. Mrs. Fox says, » I then said, count ten, and it counted." This was the beginning of intelligent communication, “ Bertha " says:— •

"Somehow the spirit gave them to understand that a negative answer was indicated by silence, and by three raps an affirmative was to be under­stood.” :..... ■

So far from this being true at this time, this sys­tem was not arrived at in two y e a rs from the com­mencement.' This same girl, or silly man, disguised under a

girlish name, expresses astonishment at tho credu­lity of " respectable people," and Bays the g h o s t s t o i y

was believed “ by many even, who knew tKe oh’arftc-' ter of the originators." Let us a s k the publio to in-

■ njTEBEBTIWG TUNEBAIi.Me88bs. Editors—Oft hate I been called upon, to

be with tho sick during the last- moments prior to the Bpirit taking its flight to &e ttore glorious sphere beyond. Bnt the-ciae'o^riA^HoWwe-Bigelow, of MariboroV whoee1 B(>irit '^ft' the material form /an Saturday morning, tho 6th *aa iui‘ oooUioa if

stitute a comparison between the family o f Mr. Fox and Bertha Mortimer. Let her oome out from her ambush, give her real name and' go'with us to tho Hydes, tho Scottons, and other well-known families in that neighborhood', Thoy will toll us o f tho standing of tho Fox family np to the timo o f thisoccurrence. Wo presume they neyer'attempted to injure any person by publishing fqlpehood and slan- dcr about them..... ..... ' ■'

Mr. Editor, it m#y. not be tlpdght worth whilo to notice suoh things jb, this V'tut th6 Olive Branch is a religious (paper < as well as literaiy, and it is sup­posed to endorse anything written against Spiritual­ism,, ahd. to .'cover, .tip .rall suoh falsehoods with ita mouth o f sanctity. Hence it has an influence,; and should be exposed when lending its column.; for the spreatfof ignorinooMlfUBehoM.f! iJn Jq .

IpJDHTMSHIP [OF J. V . MANBPUJXJ), ;. . Fbamkuh, N. H .i S e p t . 2 d ,.1 8 6 7 , .. Mk88rs. Editobs—Having he*id o f the powtrai o f

Mr. J. V. Mansfield-to answer letters unopened and sealed with every, precaution the writer might please to use to make it certain that tbe envelope' had notbeen disturbed, I. addressed a letter to the spirit o fRev. Isaao Knight, formerly a settled Congregational minister in this place, and who olosed his earthly life about eight years sinoe. My letter embodied several questions, a part of which concerned our mu­tual experience while ho was io the form. I folded it in the usual way, nnd run my gluten brush round the two ends and the lower edge and placed it in a buff envelope, completely sealing the envelope to the letter,; then closed it in the uburI way by wetting the gluten. But-to mako it doubly secure, I applied scaling wax and stamped it with a stamp of my. own design, and unlike, I think, any other in the woWd. Upon tho envelope was simply tho lotter A. I enclos­ed this lotter, so Beourely sealed, in a common en­velope, and addressed it to J. V. Mansfield, Boston. Not having heard from my letter, and being in Bos­ton some weeks after its date, I called on Mr. Mans­field ahd found him sitting at his desk, with three orfour hundreds of letters lying before him to bo an­swered. He waa busy giving an answer to ‘a letter before him. On its completion, I inquired for mine, ' and looking over the pile o f letters before him I found it, unanswered. He placed Mb left forefinger upon it ibr a ifew minutes, ond then observed that he thought he would not be able to answer it at that time. I proposed to tako it and change the questions, but he preferred to have me leave it, as hf thought he might be able to'answer it at some subsequent time.' I decided to do so, and left his office, thinking the probability was very small that I should ever-re­ceive answers to. my questions, and with no intention of calling on him again whilo I remained in the oity, as I was to leave tho next day..

This was in the morning. In the afternoon I call­ed on MisB Munson, a trance medium in your oity, and whilo reoeiving a communication from a spirit child, I inquired whether there were any other spirits present, and received the response that there was a gentleman there, and immediately the name o f Isaao Knight was given. (This was the natne addressed in my letter to M r.. Mansfield.) I desired him to take possession o f tho medium, and after a little eon- versation, I said, “ Are you aware that I have ad­dressed a letter to you through Mr. Mansfield ? " He • replied that “ he was, and did the very best lie ‘ could to answer the interrogatories, but that it was very difficult for him to control the medium to Write."I then inquired, “ Have you actually answered my letter?” He said he had, so far as his' memory 1

served himi ia relation to the matters about which I made inquiry. Thinking still he might have in his mind the attempt to reply when-1 was a t Mr. Mans­field’s in the morning, I said, “ Do you mean to have me understand that there is a reply written out for me ?” The answer was nnequivoeally g iven ,Y es, there is." After a somewhat protracted conversa­tion with him, which was ontirely oharaoleriBtio of himself when in the form, and in whioh he evinoed a knowledge of matters at Franklin, whioh oould- be possessed by no person who had not once heen famil­iar with them, I went directly to Mr. Mansfield’s of- fioe and found a lengthy communication addressed to myself, and signed properly by his own name, and with unmistakable reference to my interrogatories, answering eome clearly and diBtinotly, and, in one instance, by repeating my question almost word for Word, and then following with the answer. Others were answered in a more general manner, but when a distinct reply was wanting, the reasons were given. But what, perhaps, was more remarkable, he saw clearly my motive for addressing him these interrog­atories, which was special, and replied to it distinct-. ly, no allusion to which was contained in my. letter to him. • ■

I cannot publish my letter, or tho reply, without ah unwarrantable interference with the Bacredness of private relations. There were but two persons, be­sides myself, who knew anything of the contenW - of my letter until after it was answered; and they were equally desirous with myself, to test the mat­ter truly, and havo, to my certain knowledge,' never seen or communicated with Mr. Mansfield. This, however, is not only confirmatory o f Mr. Mansfield’s powers as a medium ih answering letters, howevor closely sealed, but it is another proof o f the already well known oharacter of Miss Munson as an ’ excel­lent and reliable trance medium for communica­tions. , G ..

A GOOD TEST. -BoM ERViixE,.Bept. 9 ,1 8 6 7 .

Messes. Editors—A shcrt time since, while on a visit, with my .wife, at my father’s house in> Nprih- field, Mass., Bho received a letter from a cousin in New Hampshire. Some time after she remarked that she would liko to answer the letter, but had entirely forgotten the Christian name o f the gentleman with whom this cousin resided, and inquired of* me if I remembered the name. I told her my impression was that his first namo Was James, to which she re­plied, “ Yes, I think that is it,” and whild deliber­ating on what course',to. pursue, some unseen influ- onco took pos8eB8ion-of her hand and Wrote mechani­cally—“ I will give you the desired information—his name is David.” ’

We did . not think.it quite advisable to entirely rely npon this statement, as we were both impressed that could not be the name, but still thought it was James,, when her hand was again seized as before, and wrote out-r‘ ‘ His name it David,” and signed it » Cousin Horace." This spirit, " Cousin Horace," was a cousin o f the one addressed, as well as to toy wife, and known by her to be a reliable spirit, through whom Bho had before received good tests; consequently tho letter was written and directed to the care of David, instead of James; ' After our re­turn hoqie, a day or two since, the .subjeot cami to our minds, and my. wife went in search o f some ’of her formor. letters, received from the above-named cousin, which she found, and one read thus—''.Di* rect-my letters to thponw o f David thusconfirming tho truth of thb statement o f “ Coufiln Horace." ' (j.F. F;

pH a w viB io ir. '> -j*~ >■*-.' fir. Louib, Sept 14, 1867.

Messes. Editob#-*-! wish to jplaoe, on reoord the following incident o f whatonce was,called A*0oo(A second t^ft(,"?bni.whioh further reaeariihef'provet.to be a faculty' possessed by some clairvoyant mediW*®'' On Oct. 19th,1860, MrvStevenson, a Bootehm'anjVfas walking‘'fwtn 'the 'fair' grounds, when’he hailed •* caMage containing three [p6fsdn8. . He sald^o'bns* « ts yonr'ttamd to b Tallis (who Mietited. ) ' ! ^ ^ ^ 1

h&iiidj “ 1 hadYdtt&in'ltot'nlgtt oaftia^ihdhJW ^Ifiai

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rad that I Bhould stop It and say to a person just like you—that your name is Tom Tallis, and that you will be a dead man within eighteen months."

Ofoourse Ibm'Tallis does not belie to this; but wo shall see'what will come of it, and you shall be in­formed of the result, whatever it may be.

' ' A. Miltenbkmhu.

• ' Stafford, Conn., 8cpt 21,1857.Messrs. Editors—It -may interest some of your

readers to know that several persons in this village are interested in.the new doctrine .of Spiritualism. For several months a circle has met weekly,—Oue among those comprising the circle is a' medium, through whom advanced and genial spirits commu­nicate thoughts and instructions to the inoanmte, freely and profitably. Others in the oircle are being developed, some in one way and some in another, into a state of susceptibility to receive impressions from the unseen. Some frequent tho circle s'rihply

' ar'inquirera after facts which' may be adapted to oonvinoe them that the spirits of departed loved ones do linger around us, and seek for opportunities to'commune with us. I was allowed to be ono of tho circlo for a single evening, and was pleased to see among the disciples to tho “ good tidings," somo of

' those in the community who have graft; love for the truth, great boldness in avowing what they believe, and who; moreover, have a large and known social influonoe. Evory reader of your paper will of course infer that this circle is muoh spoken against by those who “ don’t know, and who don't want to know,” anything about the new point reached by the pro gress o f the age. Tho circle, however, will not aban­don its mission, until the good it may do is accom­plished. Its members will live and pray in sympa­thy with the multitude which no man can now num­ber o f those who feel that they walk with God, and

‘ are surrounded by his blessed angels.. Yours, &o D.

Wakthax, Mass., Sept. 24,1857.Messrs. Editoii8—I wish to state the facts con­

cerning a girl about twelve years of age, who called on me whilo in-Sutton, Canada East, for my advioe and assistance in removing a scrofula tumor the size of a oomraon saucer, that projected upon the surface

‘"of the stomach. It had'been located there one year and a half, and all the efforts to remove it had failed. She called on me in the after part of the day, August 30th. I placed my hand npon the tumor and made a few manifestations; then requested her to call oh me the .next morning, whioh she did, but the tumor was gone, leaving no traces of it ever having been there. I inquired of her to know what had become of i t She replied t h a t I t all went off in the night after you rubbed it. It had not return­ed when I left, one week after. - C. 0. York.

PBOQ-BE8 BIOIT.’ [Communicated through the medlumshlp o f Mrs. Exiu

A. Knioht, Boxbury.]All things are progressive. Nothing can be has­

tened, or made to improve faster; but each has its limited course—as jthe drop falls from the rock,' form'

1 ing a pool, and then a brook, aqd then a river, and lastly, the ocean. Ab the flowepmust first bunt the seed, and display its tiny tWln-leaveB, from which cometh the stalk, branch and flower—as stono by 'stohe ib laid to form the building—as weeks follow days, and so on to eternity; as'the child makes the man, so everything in life, in nature, is progressive. Time bringeth all things; therefore wait patiently his footsteps, for he cannot be hurried; and whoever attempts to pass him must go back, or await his coming—and giving him the deference his age de. mands, allow him to precede him. < Time truly bring­eth all things: to one pleasure, to another uuhoppl ness; to one a birth, to another a loss; to one flow­ers, to another disappointment* and\yet be is by no means unjust for in the end all are treated alike therefore when thy gift is not what ; thou ohoosest, wait'paticntly his movements and he will surely bring it at last—all gifts are evenly divided. He who hath his good things on earth must have his

• evil things hereafter, for constant indulgence teaches ' not the heart charity or friendly feeling for another,

therefore must the evil follow, not as a consequence of the good, but from the way it was reoeived; but he who hath evil things on earth, or tumbles and care?, is taught to feel for the misfortunes of others, and thus in being unselfish, in trying to relieve his

, fellow-man, he is made capable , of receiving happi­ness hereafter: the ground is ready to receive the good seed, which shall take root' and flourish, yield­ing some sixty and some an hundred fold. Happy is

- the man who receiveth the ills of earth in this man­ner, but misery to him on whom the lesson is lost, in whom it causeth bitter and revengeful feelings, for such meet with no good until the heart is capable o f receiving it Time has no limit, no end; therefore

.. all may be made happy at last—all may progress, though it take ages. Therefore have patience through

- all evils; how trifling they will seem when you look back upon them in tbe dim past Look forward to

^happiness, and never see sorrow until it is upon you for like a black cloud on a summer day, it cometh quickly and is quickly gone—leaving the heart re­freshed by Us chastened drops-*-making the sun of happiness more beautiful by contrast Havo pity for those who, in trouble, shut their hearts and

' look downward, embracingvsorrow n's a dear friend who is unwilling to stay when her more brilliant sister hap­piness is hovering near—«orrow leaveth the heart almost as soon as she enters, while happiness abideth forever, and cannot bo driven away. The memory of her is unfading, while sorrow shrinks away in the dim past and Is forgotten. This alono should teach ns our destiny, should cfhape our ends. To try and make yourselves worthy of all this is a small request for the jj’rent Father to mako.■ And may all hearts

. be ready for tho good seed which is now falling—and

. bring an abundant harvest, ia ; the prayer of the• spirit o f ................. A. F.

I Written Ibr Uie Banner of Light. 'maOEBBITY OF TR IA L S. * '

' Vicissltudei afo1>ud» that certain bloom,' ‘ ’ •<. And line man's path all through his varied life, '

And sorrow doth at overy heart consume,And Bin s& llufor>h and fltla tho w orld w ith strife.

If dlBorouoo oomoa from oontraet, thon 'Us plain ' ' That with no'yioowonood not virtue#1 light; '

As pleaauri ewoctcr is, Ifjudgod by t>aln,"’ A b day aoems brighter issuing forth from night.

'W hen friendless do w e know w hat Is a friend, ■ ; ', , And sickness maVeth know n tho, worth o f health. ,

" T h ough h u d our l o t ’ U|>li)otter in the end. ' I -T h op oor, than rich, ca n better Judge o f w ealth ,­

' ' ’ l e t this console w ho tread th ' uneven Way,— , ‘Q od. lu st and rightotius,wlU tho pure repay;

: ' :" f . , ■ ' ; " r .I jag population of the Unit^ BUtpi .i ^ Tttrito-

! lies Is set down os'26,964,212 ' ThVa agato vriuo

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U nder this head wo shall publish auch com munications aa m ay be given us through tho medlumshlp or Mr*. J . II. uoNiNT, whoso services are engaged exclusively for theBanner o f L ig h t .... , , , .

Tlie otyofit o f this department la, as Its hoad partially lm - i. . i . eouveyance' o f incsaages frum departed Bplrlt* to h eir friends anu relatives on earth. -

By tho publloatlon o f theso messages, wo hope to ahow that aplrita carry tho characteristics o f their earth llfu to that txf- yoiijl^and do away with the erronoous notion that thoy aro any thing but Fikitk beings, liable to err like ouraolvea. It Is hoped that this will Inllucnco people to “ try tho spirits," and not do any thing against tholr Bkasox, because thoy havo been advisod by them to do it.

Theso communications aro not published for literary m e r it Tho truth la a ll w o ask for. Our questions aro not n o t e d - only -the answ er* 'g lvon to thom. Thoy aro publluhed aa com municated, w ithout alteration by ua.

' An Appeal for Charity.I come for good, not for ovil. Two years ago, I

was on earth, one of your number. I died of ■ con­sumption in Randolph, Mass. I havo a brother.horo in your city who Ib suffering for tho necessaries of life. Shall I comc in vain, or shall I ask thoso who have plenty to..bestow a portion of their gold upon him. He iB sick' and needs aid, and for that I come.I saw somewhat of Spiritualism, beforo I left earth, but I could not fully beliove. Yes, yes, Bomcwhat has been done,’ but not muoh. When I look abroad upon ttosc. who are blessed with plenty, and then look at'my own and see them suffering, I can but bear with me some leaveB of sorrow, of anxiety whon I return. ' , •

You ask, or-perhaps will ask, is he able to work ?I answer, no. You ask, does he love to bo indepen­dent? I answer, yes. But the hands of those who have supported-htu^ore too weak.

I cannot tarry long, because I am not acquainted with controlling your medium. I have blessings for my parents, blessings for my friends, but I came par­ticularly to crave blessings for my brother. Publish this in the columns of your waving Banner, that mortals may see it, and each one give their mite. -

Yes, bestow a little human kindness iu the way of Love ajid Charity upon Samuel Uphnm. He is a medi­um—you know him; go seek him out Your pardon for coming, but the great ’ spirit teaches us in tho spirit lifeto do good, and why should we not ? Mar­vel not at my ooming, for'I am sent here, and I oould not resiBt the power which sent me. -

This communication was given without- any thought on our part of. the circumstances, and all we know about it is, that a medium by that name is siok. We shall inquire moro particularly about it in time to notice it in our editorial columns.

' Jesse Haskell.I said I will persevere, peradventure I maysuo-

ceed. I am an old man, and sorrow seems to be my lot Near threo-years'ago I left earth, in a place about SO miles east of Boston. I died of fever, and was between 60 and 70 years of age. If 1 had lived a few weeks longer on earth, I should have been seventy years old. I have a wife with me, or she who bore that title when on earth, and I have another also on earth. And to her I wish to Bpeak. I wish her to deal honestly, soberly, and in the fear of God and his angels, with my ohild, my daughter, my Car­oline. For many a long, long month, my ohild stayed away from me, nnd even when I lay upon my bed— my last sickness, her presence was denied me. And when 1 left, all tbat I left was taken from her, from my ohild, who is in need. Can I rest?- So can the sea after a storm. • •

Young man, I am unhappy, and I know not whioh way to turn to find true happiness, except it be to come back and administer justice to those who havenot had it dono to them. ' .....

I owned a. farm—some money, and I wish my child Caroline to havo one-third of my earthly pos­sessions. Should this be effected, I can rest; Bhould^ it not, I cannot unless it pleases Divine Wisdom to bestow tho comforts of Ufe upon that child in some other way.

I never beard of Spiritualism, know nothing about i t ' I have told all I camo to tell, now I’ll go. It was very hard for me to get hero. Your medium re­fused, on account of my unhappy looks, for her spirit said, I have unhappiness within my own doors; but I will now draw away a portion of her unhappiness, and thus try to repay her for her yielding to me. You print a sheet, my daughter reads i t ; I com­menced my work before I came hore, you see, and I have finished it here,, and hope to pasB away from earth. I was about east thirty miles from here and a little south, but bearing moro to the east My daughter lives near Blockstone, Mass. . ■

May I do good in coming, and may those to whpm we come know, that although we are dead, we live, that though we sleep, we are aWake, and that though we have passed on, we can hear, and see, and do, and it is no use for inortalsto thinkthey do wrong, and nobody knows it, for there is more than one God to hear and see. For I am told He is in all His chil­dren, and i f so, Ho sees all and knows all that His ohildren do or|think. ■ 1

Good day, young man, and remember that" God will answer your prayer if it is mode in Faith—for that is the only messenger Which draws down bles­sings upon God’s children when they. ask.

I oome to make peaoe—4o unite that which haa been divided—to gather .golden sheaves of wheat around that which Is starving for spiritual food, that they may hunger no more—thirst no more.

I am at work silently for those I love; Blowly and in time I Bhall overoome all folly, and bring all where the great Creator would bayo i t I nlml|: establish Love there, and the morning of. tho first Insurrection shall in timo dawn upon my loved ones. Bend my epistle to William Cash, as coming from Joseph Cash, from the spirit land. ' .

Sept 10th.

Henry Sabine.This spirit endeavored to throw the medium into

tho trance stato, but was, uhablo to do so, although ho seemed to havo very strong possession of her. Ho wrote very easily nnd plainly, as one would who waa aooustomed to using the pen. He wrote

I am Henry 8abino. I died from the bite of a rattle­snake, ih California. I was bitten whilo asleep. I belonged in Boston. I want to tell my fricndB tlmt I am happy. Tell Luoy sho was the last one I thought of. Tell Alfred I wish him to have my watob. Tell them that everything was dono to save me.. I blesBod God for the relief I found in death. Tell theni I have met mother, our dear mother, and am not dead. I I e n u v 8 a m n e .

This influence was very, powerful, and rather inju­rious to the medium. She soemed to bo affected with stagnation of the blood, and partial paralysis of, the left side, more especially the left arm, where it was said he was bitten. It , was with difficulty, and by the use of restoratives, that the pulse could be brought up to a proper movement, and pnjpgr warmth be po stored to the body, f f any ono thinks the position of a medium an enviable one, it would be well for them to witness suoh a manifestation. During tho time thiB influence was being thrown off, Dr. Kit- tredge, tho controlling spirit, had the most-complete possession of the medium which we ever witnessed, using her form with muoh more ease than did the medium, on recovering consciousness. Ho used the organs of sight to measure the restoratives, the arms to force taking them with tho system, to watch the movements of the pulse, and carried on conversation at intervals.

It was a manifestation such as is to bo seen only occasionally, and by patient attendance at circles where all spirits are permitted to control

Joseph Cash, to William.Years have passed away since I was called home,

for the spirit finds a homo when it passes from earth; sometimes that home is hell—sometimes it is heaven. After, so much time having passed on since I left earth, I do not know that 1 shall be recognized- by my friends, but I hope to be. Darkness and desola­tion have settled upon the homo of .one who is dear to me on earth. This might not have been, had not some in earth been swallowed up in the foolish trap­pings, the gaudy ornamonts, that tho peoplo are wont to decorate themselves with. • .

Many on earth aro led astray by the fickle god­dess of show, Fashion—without Wisdom; and when they find themselves humiliated in many respects, sunk some in the estimation of themselves and many around them, they aro ready to wrap themBelvcs up in-a cloak o f Despair and Bit down to mourn over the past-

Now if they would learn a: lesson of past experi­ence, and stnvo to profit by that lesson, Peace, Pros­p e r i ty , Holy attainments might again Bettie upon that household.

I fee beforo me a river, upon whoso tranquil bos­om many thousand crafts are sailing. Bome of these crafts, I find, are built strong and substantial—somo of them aro but a bubble, whioh ghall glitter a mo- lhqpt upon the waters of earth life, then sinks beneath them to rise no more. This beautiful river is sur­rounded by the spirit world. Upon either side 1 see groups of angols watohing these barks, some of them with anxiety plainly piotured upon their counto- nances. Othcre quiet—peace seems to be with them, for they know those they havo sailing upon theso waters are freighted with' Hope, and have the pilot, Lovo, on board. I see far away a temple, and I see a thousand ohannels leading to that temple, nn^ the people aro gathering there—slowly coming up tho hill. And there is musio coming thithqr, and thoso coming up the hill nro drinking in its sweet soundB until their souls aro filled. I see an. angel standing | within tho temple, and upon his brow I find tho word Truth. By that word all of these thousands, thous­ands, thousands, comiug to that temple, must Walk, or they stumblo and fall by the wayside. Now.I be. hold many, angels gathering cups of water, carrying them up the temple, and parsing them ono to anoth or. (Again I look uponjearth, and find those,golden oups darkened—the water is wasted and the jrork ;of angels seems to have come to naught But tho water whfah is wasted apparently, shaft beoome the fruits of the fint reiuircotion of those who havo tasted it.

Again I am upon earth, wandering amongito in­habitants, finding iny own,'seeing them boyerodiyfa, < ^ ^ '^ t h : Enpr!and Fdlly. But I seo many, An­gela h^valMak bier» before- me, and I see tiwra has been pure watfaj, the fbdntain of Life here; and I know it will in titne bring those I lovo to llfo, which U »t%o^Death,-! n 3 f I ,

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Olive Nickerson, Cape Cod.We como to earth to hold converse with our friends.

We come to teach those we love to walk in.Wisdom’s ways. We oome to lead them away from Tempta­tion, and lead them beyond sln.‘ How true it is thnt mortals are prone to doubt How true that they live covered with a veil o f mystery; for they fear Ito launch forth into‘the future, becauso they know not of i t They fear to bo guided by thoso who have passed into the future, because they cannot see us. Thoy are led to doubt tho existenco of a Creator, because they cannotsee that Creator. I, at this time, come to bear love to my ohildren. I como. to scatter buds of peace in the pathway of all I lovo on earth,', and to inspire them with Hope, and teaoh them that the life they now abido in is passing, and soon they must oome up hither. One after another of our family is coining hero, and as one after, another comesto us in darkneBS, wo are led to earth, that they may no more come herein darknesB, when there is so much oil to be haa for -their lamps. I wish them toseek and find; I.wish them to mako them­selves acquaintod yithi th ’ great fttths that arecoming down from Heaven; I wish them to pray constantly for light, snd I am aure they will re­oeive i t •

I haveta great desire to speak to my friends in private; I have much to give thom that I cannot give you. Oh, may I in timo be received as I would receive thoBe I love on earth. I do nqt oome to de­stroy their peace of mind, but to .add to it M yname was1 Olive Nickerson. Yes, I will tell you__my peoplo live at Cape Cod—noarly all my friends

This last paragraph was in answer to our mind, not . to an audible question. Spirits talk not by sound with each other, but thought is Conveyed from spirit to spirit It iB called Intuition.'

Here is a clear case where the idea in our mind was conveyed to the spirit, and an answer returned audibly through mediumistio powers, but the answer could not havo come from our mind, nor that of tho medium, for neither of us had any knowledge of the spirit, or where sho resided when on earth. *

Ben Collier, a California Miner.At this sitting we were attended by a physician

who was in California at the time this spirit speaks of, and it was he whom the spirit reoogniwd. So many cases like this oame under the observation of the Doctor, that ho could not call to mind the cir­cumstances, but tho names of plaoes alluded to were correct, and times mentioned. ■ .

1 cannot understand how to pro<|poa sound. I t is very hard to do so. You ftopped with me four hours in 1853, thousands of miles from hero. I had a hnrd time—rain; wet, cold; and in misery—liko to hell. ’ I oan’t manago well. 1 want you to help mo now. I don’t know where I am to go—heaven or hell. Shall I go to heaven ? Then I am safe. You don’t know me, doctor, at all., I was called nothing but Joe—my name was Ben Collier—that’s my honest; right nnnie. You were culled to see mo about four or fivo hours bofore death. Bill oalled you. Thore wns four of us together, nnd I took siok. I was forty .five yonrs old, had a small river tent, on tho North Fork of Ameri­can river, about three miles from yourself. I only stopped there two or threo days. 1 lived in Auburn .bofore going there.' I went out from York State iiK 1 1861. •

I left something like two thousand dollars in gold dust well washed. Bill had it—I thought him to be honest I havo ono slater—my wife died sinco me. The blsteris poor, and needed all I hod—that’s what I came for. Bill was, tho Inst timo I saw him, Bettled in San Jose.. There is nothing-like trying to get that money far my siBter. I came bccause I could not rest about it Do you remember saying to me, “ I’ll do the bcBt-I can, nnd you must bo quiet.” Bill, and Marston, and Church, or Charles (his right name) were with me—we banded together and Bwore fidelity, but some of thcsofellowB are cut-throats. We met on the Isthm uB . ' ,

My sister's name is Martha Lewis—she is a wid­ow, and when Iwas thero Bho was in Brooklyn, N. Y., and takeB care of ohildren, or did then. 1 do not know where she is now. I had a letter before I was taken sick, and I wrote her. Her letter was in a oanvas bag with likenesses and other things valua­ble to a fellow away from bome.

This medium is very desirous of regaining posses­sion o f her body. I do hot want to go for myself, but for her. Now how shall 1 go without doing in- ju iy? - I

You should know Bill; ho went for yon and told mo you was coming; if you should ever see him, straighten. hin^ out Well, then, I will go, if you say so. •

Sept 8th. ; -------John Henry Emerson. -

- I want to talk, but it’s hard to get here and get fixed right You see, sir, I have been dead about two years; I know there is a way for dead folks to talk, and I want to do i t ' I used to sell candy. Mother used to make it, and I used to sell it I seo.my sis­ter among the folks around here, but I can’t speak to her. She has been dead a long time. I died of tho measles. I got oold, mother said, after they came out Mother has gone to California; she talked of it before I died, for Undo Charles wanted her to oomo out to him. Father went nway, and we never heard from him. Iwas six years old in January, 1805, but I don’t know what time I died, tho’ it was in warm weather. Mother used to learn me to make figures on tho slate, and those are tho figures, I think. You see father did not leave ub any money, and sho used to wash until she heard from Unole Charles, who wrote to her to como to be his housekeeper, and said he could make use of me. My sister says mo­ther lives oloBe by Valley Forge, in California—that was not where she was going before I died. My mother’s namo was Emerson, My father’s name was John, and my uncle’s, CliarleB Henry ; minewasjuUn Uonry, part after my father ivnd iqy uncle. 8 uoh a nice time I had when I died I I eaw'bts of angels, and they rested me and fixed me, anu-gavo me lots of things. I saw ■ mother ery, and I could not aeS why she did it. Won’t you please to Bend this to my mother. My Uncle Charles’ name is Johnson, and he used to livo in Hcnniker. My mo­ther did not live there long, but she was born up there, and uncle, too; but he lived in Boston and New York. , '

Soon as I died I saw angels; I did not know I was dead at all, but I expected to die, for they all said so. Mother used to make mo take pennyroyal tea, and I had got sixteen coppers sho gave me fur taking it— a cent at a time—I guess sho has got them now. I’vo been here lots of times, but I oould never get nny help; but to-day I got help,.and am here.

Mother said when she mado candy, I could nlways Bell it, for I knew how to talk to people to make them buy it .

She will believe this, because sho will know it’s*like mo;, but she won’t believe everything, for I know

k*d W°whon I was sick,‘and I / ’on’t believe they used it all. Wo raised wheat, oorn, potatoes, squashes, i . , auch ° f things. We had 25 sheep, and

six of them wero mine. I came here in 1841; I think so, becauso I was 25 years old ih that yeaf/and I . !'6V0r iTe<* 10 ho any older than that What year is- ’ It now? 1817? Aint you mistaken? I am very- hnppy now; I did not liko to work very well, only when I wanted to. I Bhould liko to hava Polly read this. Mary u her name,, but I used to’call her Polly, to hector h.qr a little.

They say I must learn to write—that’s more than I learned on earth; we poor folks can’ t always learnw n Ui° . iT ' 1 coul(l nMl<1 a little, though.Well, I think I had better l« going, end as you say I must nlways do what I think is right, I'll bid you good bye. ° ^

. Hero we have a communication from a spirit who shows a vory easy/disposition, well contented with smnll things, and not disposed to exert himself to progress oven while on earth. IIo piu-sed to tho spirit lifo with tho samo emotions, and hns been there Bixteen years, with tho samo contented feeling, amounting to indolenco, so that he has remained sta­tionary, as it wore, until this morning, when a B p ir it

who controls our oirole, asked him if hffdid not want to converse. In conversation, wo havo not' written, lie said he did not know but what bo was happy enough—never hnd thought about being any more so, but finally concluded he would try to do a littlo -better, nnd endeavor to desire more happiness, and deserve it . ■

Spirits often como to earth to learn their first lesson in the duties of spirit life. .

William H. Lannan.The weary men of earth ofttiincs sigh for repose.

8o it was with mo; when worn out by fatigue, and ■ ray physical body .seemed fast giving away beneath it, I sighed for a home—a homo beyoud earth. Now .­1 havo found that rest and-1 now return to speak with my friendB nnd nsk them to bo acquaint them­selves with that futuro, that they Bhall rest without fear. I was a mechanio when on earth. I toiled hilrd for my daily bread; I succeeded in laying1 up a small umount of worldly goods, and then I left I had children, und I comc to them. 1 w u born in New York State, near Buffalo, and was reared there.I have children living in that State now. My body roposes-beneath the earth, aud 1 repose beyond tho skies and boyond sorrow. This is my first coming, and I thiuk I shall bu pleased to come again. I havo had hnrd calls for me, but have never had tbe way clear fur mo to do so until this time, and now I find it difficult, owing to the medium’s condition. I can­not sUiy longer—I would if I could. My name was William II. Ijinnan. I told you I was, I believe, ono of the middle class of people, sometimes called me­chanics, thoso who puzzle their brains to find articles for those who havo no brains at all.

Mrs. Trott to her. Husband.I am tho wife of George Trott Died about a year

ago of a combination of-tumors. <4 wish to conimu- nicnte with Georgo and my sister Mario. I lived in Wnshington street, Boston. My husband keeps a store corner of Milk street and Washington struct Make iu jiii-ies concerning mo.

Irene, to E. W.Rest dear one, rest on earth awhilo. Tho night

will pass awny, tho mom will surely come. Thon on the wings of gladness tby spirit, no longer a thing of earth, will soar to meet its own in the colcBtial life.

William A. Dame. - *Do you know where I am ? Do you know who I

am? 'Well, I don’t-thiuk you do. I have come to toll you about myself,dmd I want to talk to my friendB, but you are not one. I know you, but did not expect to see you here. I was told I could talk to my friends by coming here.

Well, I am not in heaven or hell—I am tu happy as when I was on earth, but not happier. There is one thing which .troubles mo—I can Bee my friends, but they don’t seem to see mp, and I can’t talk to them; I know I am dead, but this troubles me.

I did not do exactly right on earth, yet I am not in hell. I used to live in Boston, and left that place for the spirit land. I have not’ found'God yet—I expected to. I feel now-just as I did before I stepped out. I can't see how it is I happened to'dio—how it is I am hero. ■

I tell you what it is, a fellow that has not done right on earth, and goes to tho spirit land expecting to bo sent to hell, has not much idea of this. Just tell my friendB that I am all right now, and the best thoy oan do is to do right on earth—I did not do half as well as I might Tell them to go to some medium, fo r j want to talk to them. I.don’t know What to say to you. A woman brought mo here—one who fooled mo many times when we were both on earth, and I thought eho was fooling me again, when she told me to come hore. This wus tho . Countess, Louisa Willacy. But she has told .the truth, and seemB altered. I am Bill Dame. Now do you know mo? Well, I should like to see the boys I used to know bn earth.

I f I mistake not, I died in 1850. I havo been wniting, expecting to go soniewhero—to boll, I sup­posed, and I began to think tho - Catholio religion was right, for I Beemed to bo ,m purgatory, aud. I still think that part of it to be true.

When I look back upon my earth lifo, I seem to hdvo been a small speck whirling amid countless thousands, now up, now down, swallowed ; u|* in tho great whirlpool of life. ’ - : ;

I looked at my body when I left, and concluded it was nit.much good to me; then, I thought I had two bodies—then I knew that could ‘not‘be. After awhilo11 Baid: Well,.the die Ib cast, and 1 will tako things easy, and go to hell as happy: 'm I oan. Something said to me: Dill, you can do better if you will, but it was not strong enough to . help me up. Do you know whoro Bill Crocker is ? Part of tho time ho tended bar—part of thetlmo used to sport. He told mo of Spiritualism once '-s^id' he had- been to amcdium by the namo of Irish, nnd wanted moto go too, but I was a little frightened. . ., Well, .where’s Davo Spencer where’s Georgo Lewis?' Hr Georgo dead? That is strange.' "Woll, where is Jim Brady? Do you know hini? lie sported part of the time, and waa' on the stage part of,the timo. • . * i. X should liko to talk. to Liz?ie, but I havo got too much oofifession to,jnake there.' I am ready,to con­fess, but not to publio; those things must be .taUud'toher'alonft ’ 1 'M li'C -•' V ;

JFeU.all my friends I want to talk to.them. I apt aa happyu loan be, under present circumstances ; happfef than I was. when on %&Fth> but not' aa happy

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when sho went to meoting once, and heard George1*------tt talk, eho said' she didn’t believe a word hesaid, for he did uot do right, and she thought lie had better stay away, or not talk. Well, good bye. .

• . Samuel Nichols, Derry, N. H.I oan’t talk well, but I oan say‘something. I have

been dead about four years; I was a littlo afraid to die, but have got post all that now. I was between fifty and sixty years old. My name wns Samuel Nichols, and I belonged in Derry, New Hampshire.I died of oancerouB humor and affection of the heart Although tho body is gono tbe feelings remain. 1 left a. wifo and family. I was a farmer, and ownod a small place in Derry, N. II. ^ o n ’t care for that now—it's gone, nnd so am I, but I do feel anxious about ray friendB. You havo all got friends, and you wquld feel anxious about them, if you wero in ono place ai d' they in another, and you had no chance to write <to them. I could not shut the medium’s eyes, though I was told to, that sho might not feel nny ill effects. You will please say to my friends that I am very well off, very happy, and thoy may do just as they pleaso with earthly affairs; It BecmB to mo as'though I had been here but a moment, but they say it's longer than that . '■

I committed Bins, when on earth, and suppose I shall havo to answer for tho same, and it’s nil right I should. I suffered on earth, nnd I havo suffered somo here, not half so much as I expected.........

Now 1 am-a stranger to you,os you are tome. Well, I’m a spirit, but you are not afraid of me, I suppose. It’s new business to me ; this body does not look like tho one i had, I assure you. I believed in all men’s being eventually happy, and now I know it ; still there is a hell. . -

I don’t want to get back. I think I shall see perfect happiness Bomctime, and see God, too.

I want my children to know that there is not an hour of their lives that I don’t know what they are about. They don’t always do right, I am eorry to say. I want them to always do right Perhaps I will happen around this way again sometime, but I must go now. Write to tho postmaster about mo— that's what you should do.

John Stevens, Wells, Maine. . ,How d’ye do ? Did you ever dio ? Don’t know

anything about it then? Well, I have, nnd 1 culcu-f late I know something about it. Thev told me I had got, to gij, but I didn’t boliovc it Havo I got nny folks abouthcn) ? I am in Boston, ih ? I never was hfero before. Well, first of all, my namo is John SUjvous—that is, I mean to Bay it used to be. Next thing. tlmt. comes is, that I died in a place called Wells. Do you know where that ls?_ Tho next thing' is, you’ll want to know whnt I did. Well, I' used to do a little cobbling in winter, and in summer I worked on a farm. Sometimes, when lmrvost was over, I used to. go fishing. That was all that I had to do. SomcumcB I, used to tnko shoes round from places to make. I couldn’t get them until it wnsiato, so I had nothing else to do but fishing. -■I was aektod' to come horo: I didn't'know but I

might see some one I know. Knowyou ? how should « l i I have a,father aid; mothcri on earth.,, In Bos­ton ? , Hal ha j. the old inan would have thought tho. Worid wait coining to an end It he liad'got herfc. I

From a Son in tho Spirit Lifo to hia Parents.

Truly dear parents it has been, calculating by the gliding of the moments in your weary, yet beauti­ful world, quito a lengthy period since I last iudited anything of the nature of a communication to you. If it hus been long to you, it hns not been less so to me. On your part-the desire to hear from mo has been promoted nnd augmented by that governing principle of your n tures—low of kindred—beauti- lied and developed as it wns by my short stay with you in the form. The attributes qualifying my own affection were created and fostered indirectly from tho same materials which created your lovo for me, therefore the attraction is harmoniously mutual bo- tween us, promoting my desire to como, und yours to receive me, unseen, to your henrts. I havo unceas­ingly watched you, and I have-not been dilntory in my attempts to increase nny desire withiu your hearts, ns far ns I could wield tho wand of frnprcs- sion, that tended manifestly to dcvelope you in the various considerations of tho cause. And I have found that my power has been alwvo my highest ex- pectntione, tlmt I have been enabled to keep nlive although, porhnps, not directly perceivcd nnd recog­nized by you, the flame I had lighted, and which has warmed what was cold and cheerless, in tho henrts you onoe thought hopelessly bereft It is a source of gratification to take from tbe shelf of timo tho book of the past, nnd to peruse" its leaves, however blurred many of them may be, for thero I read evi- denco of the deep lovo you boro me, whose gentlo ad­monitions, bad I followed them, would havo proved salutary nngels guiding mo nriglil, telling by their attentions the depth of your nffection ns tells nature of tho wisdom of the Deity. 'Your labor for me shall be rewarded. I know to whom I owo a lovo whoso infiucncc has successfully aided me in reaching tho dtand-point of tho present, and I can never forget or fail to repay with the tenfold thnt iB in my power such unselfish tenderness—such righteous forbear­ance us you evinced townrds mo during my life time, rife as it wns with tryingcircumstanccs. 1 can never review without feelings of moro than, ordinary ten­derness tho many nnxietics of n loving nnd watchful father, and the forgiving, Btill doting Dnturo of a mother, whoso united energies yrero for me alone. I nm still incrcnsing in tbosor pursuits and employ­ments which fnH to tho share of ihe progressing, and my condition far excels my most elevated hopes. Of those pursuits and employments and of thnt con­dition I preserve a sileuce, except in tho ambiguity of nllcgory, which should; confirm, the troth that there must be n future to nil men alike. ' ”

I find you freed from tho falso idea of an eternity of misery held in store for tho wayward of God’s crentures, nnd I nm happy. Why cling to tho‘ chil­dren of tho past—the pictured miseries of an otemity —but to frigh t an age sunk deep in ignornnco and Bin, when to the scrutiny o f progressed reason it is hos­tile from the beginning ?

Learn from the majesty of departed wisdom tho poiioy of immortality—its conditions, rewards and punishments. Its rewnrds are pleasant, its punish­ments just, and what sufforing you incur refines tho originnl, and obliterates what your own shortsight­edness has wrought upon you, for evil is not an es- sentinl of mnn’s nature, nor wns it crcntcd in him as was the principle of good, by his Creator. Tho ono promotes the end for which ho was created, whilo tho othor baffles i t Thus precluding tho slightest possibility that thoy wero both placed in him by God. Ah, truly tho wliolo necessary requisites of redemption for each Individual were’wisely plno- ed in nis own organism—fitting him both for soli- tudo and society—rendering him capable of rcociving inspiration and instruction from superior powers, if ho chooses so to do. Wituout those attributes ho would not be ns ho is,complete within himself, a uriit, identifiable ns tho world. Continuo to mnko a proper npplication'of your reason, timo and investigation to this truth, that you become prepared to sustain what you accept, so as not to risk' the assertion that you bolicvo something of which you know com- paritivcly littlo or nothing—but apply proper congid- oration and I will aid you all I can to comprehend what shall appear difficult, and oontlnuotoopennew ways of comfort aud consolation to you. God's bles­sing rest upon, you, purifviug and .elevating .your souls until they shall awaken to a, perfect,compre­hension of lifo and immortality, tlmo and eternity and of earth attd'Heaven, 1 Gsoaaa.

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Beating tune# upon tho w indows, 1 Keeping time upon.tlie trees.

W here thero li emulation, thore w ill be vanity; w here thero i» vanity, thore w ill be folly. •

Low was our pretty c o t : our.ta llest ro*o .poop 'd nt tlio etm m bdjfulm low , cou ld heftr. J At silent no4n tind ove, nnd early m om ,The sea 's fUlnt m urm ur. In th e open-air 'O nr m yrtles b lossom 'd ; nnd across the porch Th ick jasm ines tw in ed : the little landscape round ■Was green nnd w oody. nnd refresh 'd tlio oyo.I t w as n spot w hich you m ight nptly callT h e Valley o f Seclusion ! O nce 1 saw .(H allowing his Sabbath-day by quietness)A w ealthy sou o f com m erce saunter liy,Hrl► tow n 's eitlH 'n: m ethouglit It calm 'd I lls U iln t o'fldle gold, nnd made him um so W ith wiser fee lin gs; Tor lie paused, nnd look'd W ith a pleased sadness, and gar.eil all around,Then oveil our cottage, and gitzed round again,And sighed, nnd said, It was n lilesstxl place, • .And w e were blessed.

W c hope to grow old, nnd yet w c fear old a g e ; that Is, we are w illing to live, nnd nrmtd to die.

. Low wnlks the sun null broadens by degrees Just o 'er the verge o f day. Tho shifting clouds Assembled gay, a richly gorgeous train.Jn ull tlicir pom p attend Ills setting throne.Air. enrth, nud ocean snillo immense. And now,As ir hia weary ehnrlot sought tiie liowers Or Amphltrlte, nnd her tending nym phs,(So Grecian fliblo sung.) he dipt his orb s ’N ow half Immersed, and now n golden curve,Gives ono bright glnnce, then total disappears.

Tho best mode o f revenge ls nut to Imitate the injury.

A M l l H m M E D T ,“ Once upon a timo ” there lived a ccrtain Spanish

nobleman, vory handsome, very dark and swnrthy., nnd exceedingly sinister of eye, very suspicious and ■very jealous, very fond of getting up a private griev­ance upon his own personal account, and of “ nurs­ing his wrath to keep it warm.” Ho was •• blest4p a most fair wife,” a fine, noble, beautiful woman, and of her he waa inordinately jealous. I shall call him Bignor Don Mical, and his lady Signora DolorcB. His age might be about forty, while hers was some five nnd twenty, l ’ossibly this disparity displeased him.

By the constant habit—no matter, how arrived at, or how gfliundlcss—into which Don Mical had fallen of looking with a ’jaundiced eye upon his jvife, ho

• came at last to consider her a guilty woman— guilty of ho know not what. If sho smiled, he frowned; if

’ Bho spoko to nny of tho nobles, who on occasions thronged her huBband’s halls—and sho bad a cheer­ful spirit—straightway lie rolled his eyes, bit his lip, thought of dungeons and daggers; if she danced, nnd she w a s accomplished in th e B tatcly dnnccs of "tho court (th e y wero so s ta te ly that I'thank goodness I nover hod the awful ordeal to go through j givo mo a polka, a handrcel, in preference,) then she was lost—sho was a traitresB; and yrith Mb peaded beard nnd moiistacko, nnd gloomy Spanish face, and dark velvet dress, and with his hand playing on hia dag­ger, ho certainly looked liko a gentleman worked up into repressed fury, such as the great Edmund Kean would havo represented, till tho terrible explosion followed, and a ghostly figure, clothed in white, dab­bled with blood—a lonely gallery— " tho castlo clock tolling twelve " —and a hiwband overwhelmed with

. remorse,;and tearing his hair, might then have been very naturally expcctcd.

Only ono must not oxpect.tpo much. ,Thoy hod been wedded for some.,.Jfinrs, but, un­

happily, no child born to them had lived to bless their union, to bo the beautiful and eticrod mcdiuin through which hearts daily becoming estranged—the ono from petulant exaction and needless jealousy, nnd tho other from a sense of coldness and neglect—

' might bo brought to harmoniso with cjtch other._ And_80 the law of lovo and kindness, arising from

' tho piiinoiplo of knowing how’to bear itlidforbear, ’ might spring, and give to life a deeper senso pf re­sponsibility, nnd so, for higher aims, put all minor crosses aside. ,

: Dolores seemed to loso, ore. long, whatever energy,,(if any) of character sho possessed. Subdued, sub- ■missive, uncomplaining, meek, -the very qualities

^i that- mutely appealed to tho forbearance o f a stomor. nature, only seemed to irritate the gloomy Spaniard

.. the. more. As is usual witli men of DonMical’B stamp, once dcBinng a conviction, an obstinate cin-

- - phaais of certainty comes. But it was also a port o f hia punishment that he wanted proofs—proofs, and

, ' no proof oould he find—no satisfaction to his atrabil- Iqus yeaning did his evil genius yield him.

I f he oould only raiso tho devil, now (pray don’t alarmed, I speak by hypothesis, if notbypara-

• tie,) if he couid only oonjuro up some handy agenoywould find, invent, contrive some proof, some

sign, some something. Gnawing his fingers, {he flpitnlftrd, wanting a good “ go in ” for mls­

' ery—desiring to taste t is ftall “ luxury of woe," and ’ ’.'B en oomplete tke firstacto fa grim tragedy—didn’t

kntnr predinely what he wanted. .Suddenly It dawned upon him. He keptaduenna

f o r his wife’s—torture, I assume it^ibeoamo his niu&e, iilate, alnd rank. What waii'ft dutenna for, ex-

■ |oept but io, be useful ? ; Mr.Diyden, ^ wmo few amtuing Tarlet ot idramatlsts before.wd •per him, ^arb 'Aown how absolntely heoeMMy tliwe anoma-

jnfnnii, oompanion, 'gom m m tt, whftteyer u u ro-

spcctnblo stout lady might be, ho cbncoitWf ohe; Yack­ing not a single dement of porftction.' One morning, the duennaj after a mysterious and half-whlspcrod interview with her master, in his own ioom, lcft him—loft him gazing npon a porjiralt which he hold' i« liis hand, niuliOiirtfhich, its ho looked, his eyes.dis- tentcd, his peakciSiBouetaches took a still more sinis- tral upward curve, nud a baleful smile played about his lips. . . '

S)li!” he muttered (jealousy alwayB “ mutters,” )11 soli! tjjis is tho result of Uosna Inez' search. ' Tho sighs nud the saduess of 'tiiy fair qignora arc hore explained. Tho portrait of nn old lover, doubtless. Vounjr, lmmlBomivhum! hum! Add a dozen j'ears to'these features, and whom do thoy resemble ? Let mo think, let me see,” and, supporting liis chin on liis hand, Btill eyeing tho miniature, he seemed to bo holding a close11 deteotivo ” debate 'with himself. ♦

“ Don Qongalves 1 no, he’s too old. Pacheco! this hair is blaok—Pacheco’s brown. Alvaro! bah! thiB

noso is Italian—Alvaro’s is Stincho Punzn’s, Who— who, in tho name of millions of demons, can it be ? But I’ll have it linned—copied. I’ll watch—I’llwatch! Hum! she comes. Good day, dear wife— good morning, signora I IIow forty you after tho gay festival of last evo ?”

“ Why, vory well/ my dear lord,” alio Toplied—tho Signora Dolores entering—but with a sort of sad smile,11 wo were very nierry.’’

^.Indeed, I. think so,"-ho remarked; “ I thought you enjoyed your company muoh. Don Giraldo is a fine gallant, and I thought the witty Count Ccclho pleased your fancy.” . '

“ My fancy! a h a n d site sighed. ■“ And when you danced with Pacheco— ” ...“ Dance 1 did I dance?” she said,in an absent

manner. ’ \ .• <•, “ Oh, fine dissembling!” ho muttered apart, with a tragic air. “ Your eyes wore lighted up with joy —youhcyes sparkled, but when I camo— ” ^

“ Well, when you entored ?” she said. •- “ The smilo faded—tho joy died away,’ ''ho said.

“ Indeed,, it was becauso you entered that I smil­ed. I thought that—that you would be.pleased— ”

“ Pleased to see my wife smile on another!” he began, with a bitter look. • *

“ Again perverseness, coldness, insinuations; my lord,.I beseech you, tell me what you mean.” 1 '

“ Not for tho world, not for tho wido world, ■jvould I have her think mo—jealous,” ho hissed forth to himself; 11 that were to be laughed at indeed. But no moro—heed me not!—heed mo not! * I* shall learn; and Donna Inez shall observe what will Imp w.hen she misses tho precious picture—hidden among her most BacFed treasures, in tho mos secret recesses of her cabinet!” nnd, so saying, he -flung on his feathered beaver, and stalked forth.

It was but Bhnbby conduct on his'pnrt, it must be owned—this groundless suspicion—for I need not say that the Signora Dolores was as pure and virtu­ous ns she was fair and good. It was mean and un­manly this espial (only that my Btory couldn’.tget on without Jt)—it was shameful this betraying'of her faith in her duenna, if such she had—it was pal- tyy this prying into her cabinet—this foray upon her trinkets—memorials, it may be, o f the past. But Don 'Mical said to'himself as lie strode forth to the Alameda— .

“ Tlio faco is Italian, and she oomcs from Italy. Wo shall socj" and, B a y in g bo— harping upon this string—and hoping, like many more, thnt “ some­thing would turn up,” he rambled on, followed by an attendant, saluting here and there nn acquaintance, until he nrrived at a more retired and secluded spot, whoro he cast himself upon a seat not far from a fountain, and fell into a reverie.

“ Charity, most noblo B ig n o r ; for tho snko of tho Virgin a small c o in . I am famishing, I havo been gnawing my old sword-belt for very hunger— ”

Don Mical lifted up his eyes and beheld a strange spectacle. 1 . •

A man, tall, ahd large of limb, in a tattered cloak and rusty brcastplato, with a huge Bword girdled on his thigh. With his matted luJft1 and beard he was fierce-looking enough and gaunt as a wolf. Ho was standing bare-headed before a passer-by and begging with all the energy of hunger. The individual ad­dressed gave a start, uttered an exclamation of fear at meeting his ravening eyes, but, without bestowing a maravedi upon tho outcast, only hurried on. The poor wretch, with a ourso and a groan, sank on stone beside tho fountain, and hiB sinking head fell upon hia hands. Beckoning to his attendant to ap­proach, Don Mical said— ■

11 Go to that fellow,” ‘pointi’ng to the man. “ Bid him follow yon, but at a distance. Bring him, so- crctly and unseen, into my private chambor. I will go before.. Give some food first, and loso no timo. Abovo all, bo secret." ■

The attendant bowed, ahd, while he opened nego­tiations with tho famishing bravo, Don Mical hasten ed back to liis palace, whioh -he entered unnoticed, and waited thero impatiently for the coding of the grim stranger. -To the duenna was' now to be added the ,dagger of tho bravo very likely, and the. poor lady, the Signora Dolores, was likely to fare very ill indeed between the three. .

In somewhat better trim, fed, and dad in 6. fresher garb; bnt wild' and ribrigandish in look, with some­thing bf the grandeur of n mighty ruin stamped upon. Us ample brow,'tho stranger was ushered int6 Don Mical’s chamber, and thoy wore thero left together,

The nobleman looked upon his now acquaintance with a mingled feeling of curiosity and interest. Bold, audacious, and recklcsB, the man confronted rfon Mical without quailing. His' faco was not ono to blonoh beforo any human eye.

“ There.is wine,” said Don Mioal, pointing; “ fill nnd drink. • What’s'your naino ?” '

Emptying ft goblet without cercmoriy, tho man, in a deop, strong voice, replied, “ They call mo Velasco.” . •

“ What aro you?” ,Valaacq,. laughed. “ A disbanded soldier. I have

been in the Netherlands, cutting Low Country throat& Since then I have been stealing anda tarr­ing. Ugh I , My trade’s at a discount now.' Con serve you, Signor Don Mical ? Hoi ho 1”

His laugh was sardonic, half ferocious; and his eyes klijmedVmd lit up as i f emitting baleful fires.

“ Howr“ ¥ou know me, then?” cried the Other, with a guilty fltkrt^, » : . . ,

‘‘ Oh, your groom told me, that—hoi hoi I wanted to be Beoret, but pasting a quiet Corner, threatened to strangle him if he did Hot speak. , I spoke. Your wili, Don JfioaL ' '' , 1

“ You are nottender—#crupjilqus—timid?”“ Tender?; lial htkljiSaropalotisf hoI hoi” So

mooklng, so bitter, to Mondial waa Us iMgh, that, so fw a sa i^ doubtsof,yelawo'« 'fitneta1 iridkejl 'por oM. iMa, Sftiqal .W0 8 : pet''perfeolly at his eam. ' ' ' . * " V " '“

: ’ “ Who is it’?” asked .Velasco, jumping to the point

“ A womM\-_my.'wifoJ” was tho rflply., Vclasoo fell bock'wlth a cry, and whether -it was

fine ofrago; ifagulsh, or dispair.or all three blended, tho doblo keew not, but it made him shudder and turo ghiiatiy white! ' , \ ,. J ' . il'

“ Yotv; wife! Vyour wife! Sho that- was—was called—I forget—sho that was so fair and beautiful' thnt tho painter failed in liis art—tho' soiilptor’s skill eluded him to catch lier lineaments I Thy wifo! Lo, ^ow Nemesis works!” " ' \

“ What inotlnst thou, knave ? IIow knowest thbu began Don Mical. ' ’ ’

“ Pardon, signor," Baid Velasco, changing his t ino;“ I am doliriousi'I think. Long fasting—fre e ly ' fed—tho. wine.‘.^In truth, I know not what I atii Baying; bo,vo that I have heard of tho signora as fair and beautiful,1 arid ichasto as ice.” J , '*

“ Beautiful I ; Yes, so is tho adddr coiled beneath, tl o rose bush; but it .'poisons, it taints, U kills, for. all that I tell thee she is guilty, and my honor miist be purified^-” '

“ What is the proif?” asked Velasco, quickly.“ Mino own.convictions— this picture, found in

her cabinet!” and, iri his haste and conflict of passions, Don Mical tore tho miniature out o f his breast, arid handed it to tho bravo.' ' ' ’

“ 37iii/” arid, glaring upon it with eyes nigh etarting from their 'sockets, tho man staggered baok with a groan, and sank panting upon a chair. '

“ What means (hy emotion, friend?” said the nobleman, susploiously. “ What is there in. that— in her nnme even, to movo thee so ?” _

“ I know noU-I^know n o t “and if hiB voice wai Jiarsh before)'it was broken and tender now. “ I know riot,” he repeated; “ but i f she be false to—thee, bIio must, she ought to die.” ..........................

“ Soli!” and' Don Mical paused.'Bending down over tho pioture, the gaunt man

seemed to shiver arid B hake as one in ague. Qon Mical himself was. too much ocoupiedwith his own thoughts to remark hiiri; but tho entire inner being of Velasco seeined shaken to its foundations. At last tho long pause was broken. ! ‘ ’

A plan suited to Spanish jealousy, or Italian revenge, and such as the inventive gcuiuB of .Dumas or VictorJJugo might have illustrated, and abso­lutely dispensiblo to my story—a plan was speedily concocted between thc6o two worthies... Velasco was to become a cowled monk, “ shaven-and .shorn,” to visit ber as a new. confossor, to dig up tho socrcts bf that innooent,' 8ad,' troubled heart—to rcceivo’ the confirmation of every doubt tho suspicious' husband cherished, arid, i f his worst fears were true, then— then— ■ But to anticipate is to destroy a olimax.

“ You had better leavo mo this pioture for a time,” said Velasoo, in a hollow tone. 11 It may make her rovcal what else she may keep hidden.” . • .

“ True” ,responded Don Mical; “ keepit; Ihave no great love for it. - It v?ill very likoly astonish her when she discovers it in other hands than her own.” And very likely it would.

“ After midnight I will join you here. In the chamber yqu are like to find her at devotions. I anders^tnd,” aontinued( he, with a bitter laugh,

thnt sho is very dovout. Tho Magdalen was so.” “ The Binnor prays the deepest, doubtleBS,” Baid

Velasco, with a quiet, subdued manner; “ and some of us need to do so, or it will fare ill with- us when the dark hour arriveB.” * ' .

o o ' o o ' o o i oTho evenihg camo, and then the night Instead

of starshine, and silver moonlight, and gentle breath­ings through tho trees, the sky was sullen, and its golden fires were hiddon, and the wind in long, low, sobbing moans went by, as i f singing a monody or dirge, and quite in keeping with tho ignoble plot­ting that was in progress against a helpless woman’s peaco, fame, and, perhaps, life. . ■

In a chamber lighted with tapers, and beside a table on which stood a oruoifix, was a woman, Whoso noble, mien her deadly pallor oould not oonoeaL It wns the Signora Dolores.: Distress and anguish wero written on every feature;, ,I , ’ ’

“ The pioturo, the pioture!” sho murmured.“ What can havebccomo o f;it? : Whp has taken it ? Has my husband, in his vile suspicion, rifled the very heart of my poor Seorot—de'ad and buried as it has. been for years pMt1? i f soi, he .will need no moro, arid I know .too well Jto will not heed my story. Mother of sorrow, pity,me I ;s I-have borne enough. Oh, fo / peace) rest, a long,’ unbreaking sleop!” arid she sank on her knees. T’ :

"Btntdidit, my. daughter 1” said a voico close at hand. • ■ ., . ’ '

"Welcome, holy father.IV, sho said, rising hastily. “ But you—you are not !my confessor—you-are not the Padre Bartolomeo." , . '

“ I am hero to-night in liis.; piaco,” w bb tho evasive reply. “ You appear uhtappy, my child. Can troublo, and sorrow, and • tmreSt visit one 'so ydung, so fair, sq.good?” . '

“ I f I hate been cither o f these, I am neither now,” sho replied, listlessly. .’ Whoip.. does, sorrow spare ? Do. youth or innocenoe .'glvo immunity from sor­row?” • ■ ; ■ : " ' -A ,

Hast thou committed1 ttn great siri, daughter?’^

“ j: have lost my husband's/love and won his hate-, I foar, and I know not’wherefore. .

“ Art thou sure? Is'there; nothing in 'th b ’past thiit, brought here, to the’ living preBent, might do this?” ' -.'..'I. : . / ; '

Pausing, ho gazed curiously from beneath bis cowl Into hor eyes. “ If it be1 so;” 'he murmured, “ sho never loved, and I olify;dedelved myself!” .

“ Speak daughter, is'ikero' nottlng in the iqng ago, however distantXand however distant to , Bome, it cannot bo so very distant to thee—nothing which might bring thy sorrow and his hate, os thou oallest ittopasB?” ■ ,

" I know not, lam not sure. Methinks—and no —I once loved, but hie I loved is dead,” and her eyes fell'dreamily. ..;’ , v :■.:■ ■

“ Loved 1 Dead!” 1 ,l! i : • .' ' ^11 Nay, father) be

subdued tone. “ Wo were .iwth "young—had grown tip together. Wo plighted our faith, and.life-lonj love to one another. What 'wrong was there ii tWs?” .. ' • '■ ' ! 1 ;; “ Wrongl None. T l i? ^ r ig ^ould be in false hood, in the breaking o f thiB.troth-plight,’' was th somewhat emphatio reply. 11 • > ; ; ! ■ ■ ■ ■- ■

“ Aye,I fear me so I” and her hand passed wearilj .iioross her brow; J ‘ .an ^pc^ibljr poor Julio though80 ” , f’ l." ..Il •• 1 .

"Julio, Julio I” and tiie monk’s strangely." “ Then you' hltve sot name?” ■ ■’ “ l oould riot. ‘ t baVfe Ibst'iils pioture, I know no*

how; I hopo there w u ao wrong in looking upon it,

It seefced to ^ikoiipe,.bMl ' days,ere blight arid Son'owfell upon n e—ere'I was parted froin him— ere he quitted the old homo—”

‘f now oamo this parting, daughter ?” demanded the other. ' ' ' ' ■ • : •

"M y father was poor; he had not strength to ondure morses. A nobleman’ camo to our city— and—and—loved mo, I believe. It mattered vory ■little.' I sighed arid wept for Julio, who,’ thoy told mo, .had given me up—surrendered his pledge, and gone to tlio warsl' I hoard, I know no more. I only .thought, had I been Julio, I should not have dono so.” . ' , -

“ And your father sold you to this rich man’s Arms, and bolied your young lover? Ah! tho double treachery!” . and the monk’s tone bcQame deej) and stern, , as his fiorco eyes, flashed f r o m under his muffled mask. > '

; “ Spare my father. The old man loved me. He is dead now. I think, at times, that I shall soon follow him. • Have you seen my husband ? Docs ho speak of me?” • , ' ■

“ He sent me hithor to you," was the grave reply. •• Wherefore ?” the signora asked. ,“ To take your sSrift. And yet I am no monk.”

, “ .No inonk I He sends—my husband sends to take my Blirift?” . ' ■ ! .

“ And this, and this,” the stranger continued, as he drow from under his garb a stiletto and a cord, and cost them on a table beside him.

“ Whcreforo are these ?” she demanded, with- a blank look. - ■' , ,,' “ I arii thy executioner; and he, he says that she

who has forgot her marriage vows must takoi horohoicc.” . , ...-■=

“ He wrongs me!” So quiet,so unimpassioned was her reply, that it seemed sho heeded riot, or un- doostood not, tho dreadful charge. “ I forget nothing;I am remindod of my marriage vows daily. I loved him too, I think, while my child .lived. It is dead— dead! and 1—what says he,then?” she abruptly added. ' ' .

“ That you still cling to this lost, forgotten, be­trayed lover—that you still worship his pioture, which has been found. You start—he gavcitto irio as witness, evidence, proof. Behold, it is hero!” and ho hold the siinple picture up in his hand, hiB own eyes scanning the fair, - youthful lineaments, with something between Burprisi! and sorrow in then!.

“ Poor Julio! and you wero wronged,.after all,” said Dolores, softly, as sho took tho portrait in its plain frame, with such.a simplicity of action, with so subdued a tenderness,' that the man turned aside his heaving frame, Which was quivering with intol­erable agony., ■ ■■

“ Arid wlio,then,' nre you—my excoutioncr?' I know riot that I care.to live. Let mo hold tho pio­turo in my' hand, and then strike or struggle. 1 Bliall.not stir nor ory. Say I forgive him, and pray for him. ' It is not wrong to love the dead.” '

“ Notthe dead, bijt the^livinj-the living—”“ Tho living ?” nnd her iritcrrogation and look be­

trayed a nameleBS dread. ... , ’“ Aye, the living! . Were Julio living,’’ cried the

monk, or executioner; “ what then ?”. “ Why then he would be dead indeed to mo; more

so than in his gravo. Strike I All I ask is to take this with me; wrap it near my heart, under my folded hands, < under my grave olothes,” and shepressed the picluro to her pallid lipsl' ..... ' f

“ ,Alas! Dolores! Dolores!” and all the pent-up emotions of tho man gave way to the touching wordj.

» There’s something in your voico,” she said, “ that strikes upon my ears like the chord of an old air—a half-forgotten melody. But I am so tortured, so be­wildered, and with death, too, so near, that I am un- ablo to follow tho train of broken thoughts, to gather the disconnecting links together. It hardly matters. Yet you weep—you tremble—who, then, are you ?” and, slowly rising from tho chair on whioh she had sunk, sho strotched out her hand towards him with an air of question. -

All broken and bowed down, stricken with the great dumb pain throbbing at his huge heart, the Btrangor, casting his cowl baok, said brokenly,

“ Have you forgotten me ? Am I so changed, Do­lores ? Can you trace Julio, who loved you, in these changed features ?” - . , !

“ Julio! Julio!” she ‘ tremulously exclaimed, a light gathering with lambent flashes in her eyes', which, but a moment bofore, were growing dull and' filmy. . " " " :.

“ I daro not tell you all that helped to change them,” he*went on,” “ but I thought you. faithless. I thought you saw me in another light when the wealthy ricble came and. dazzled you. But they lied lo me, they liod to you, they'belied us both; and see to what; they brought us, wrecked—wreoked,' lo s t - lost, and broken-hearted,” arid his sobbings, deep and bitter, broke anew upon hor ears.. . .

“ They have not gained much,- Julio," she gasped, sinking, as Julio Velfts'co^morik,’ stranger, soldlbr, or bravQ, all in one-—sprang up in turn and caught her. “ They havo lost ns.wolTUfi we have, Julio. I am' at peace now, Julio, quito at' peace. My littlo vchlld is here—here—hero V’ and, with a smile, and’ a deep, shivering sigh, and hands outstretched, she fell dead in his ..

° 0 o 0 o o o oWhen these two men met after, and settled their

account together, I leavo you to. guess the nature of tho scene, and wiicthor Don' Mical was effectually cured of hiB jealousy or no. Certainly, tho cord and dagger was not wanted. . .; ' ,

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MRS. E. B. DANFORTH, EXAM IN IN G AND PREBCRIB ING MEDIUM,' No. 12 W ilniot Street, Portland, M »ta « ,'

having been m ore than three y e a n In 1'orUand And vldnltyi In restoring m any that w ero given up by physician*, now feels encouraged to'otfor hor Bervlces to those w h o W ay need thom. M rs..D . will givo special attention to female com ­plaints. Examinations privato and strictly confidential.

' ’ ta r n s .— Examination and proscription I f present a t the 1ioubo, $ 1,25; absent, $2.00. > .

Juno 11,1837. ... ' t f

ASYLUM FOB TH E AFFLICTED. HEALING BY LAYING ON OF TH E HANDS. Charles Mjuk,

. „ . ,iened an Asylum for the afflicted atNo. 7 D avis Btrcet* Boston, w hero ho Ib prepared to accommo­date patients desiring trcatm out by tho abovo process bn m oderate terms. Patients desiring board, should give notice in advance, tliat suitable arra'ngemonts m ay bo m ade before their arrival. , . ' / .

XhoBo sending locks o f ha ir to Indicate thclrdiseaBes, Bhould Incloso $1,00 fur tho examination, w ith a K ttor stamp to prepay their postage. • ' " :

Olllco hours from 8 to 18 A. M , and from 2 to 0 P. M. •May 28 • . | tf

T )E M O V A L .X l . .tubllo that he m ay be found on and after this datc; a l No.

W inter Btroet, near W ashington Street, (over G ()or#xtfuni- bull & Co.’ s dry goods store,) the rapidly Increasing Interest In the phonomona o f spirit com m union rendering It neOeesanr for him to occu p y larger room s for tho acom m odatlon of.visit. . ors. ' ' " ■’ '■■' ' : ; ■ ' ■

A s Mr. M. devotes h is entire t im e t o th is , ' i t Is absolutely necessary that all letters sent him for ansjvers Bhould M accom panied w ith the email fee ho charges. Coh<cquetlly no letters will be hereafter attended to unless accompanied with S I, (ONE DOLLAR,) and three-postage stamps.

A udience hours from two to three o ’clock,' ooeh 'afternoon,

MEDIOAL ELECTRICITY. The subscriber, having fotind Eloctro-Magnetlsm, In connection w ith other remedies,

vory effectual In IiIb'practico during tho InBt twelve yfean, takes this method o f Informing thoBe Interested, that ho con- tlnuoB to administer. It from tho m ost approved modern,npps- ratus, In eases whero tho norvous system Ib involved, to which class ofdlBeases ho gives his special attention. ■J. CURTIS, M. D „ No. 25 W inter Btroot* Boston.

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R ates op A d vebtisiko— A lim ited space \rtU he devoted to tho wants o f Adyortlsers. Our charge w lll be a t th e Tate ol T eh D o lla h r fpr oach Bquaro o f tw olvo lines, ln seh ed thirteen ” ' or throe months. '1

ACCOMPLISHED AS A LEOTUBEtr x j l and Toachor o f Singing, tbo Plano, Organ, and Elooution, desiros to find a homo for hersolf and herm bther, w here the services o! both would onBure th em acon ifortab lean d perma nent rosidonco. Tho younger lady w ou ld1 inquire th e privi­lege o f occasional absonoo In h e r capacity a i » publio Looturer, and sho could act as Organist In the neighborhood, tf required. Highest roforcnccB cxohangodJ L oca llw no o b je o t ., Address S. Youno, care o f B.' T . M anson, Publlshor, 5 Great Jones strool*Now York. M ;! t t - a s . : . ' :B o p t.l8

S t . GLEABOlt, DEVELOPING AND HEALING ME- • DIXJM, 181 Uoridlfttt Bitim, ’E u t Boeton. Tom is. $1,00

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w V n h & » 'c U ^ fnSuftrd a L X ho &Ji1*- P«»body, one o f the m o . t h ^

deritypedtn*d|um «of,tlie age. I^tlenU visited In o r e u t o f

Sundays excepted. JunelS,18S7.

A GREAT SPIRITU AL REMEDY— “ T n E CURE."—Pi*- scribod through the m edium ship o f Mrs. W . B. Hayden,

tho Clalrosympathlst, Juno 8th, for tho euro o f Chronlo Dis­eases, particularly those o f tho HEAD, LUNGS, LIVER, STOMACH, and KIDNEYS, and for' tho cure o f Huhom, Fem ale Com plaints, General Debility and Wnsting of Uie Body. P u t-up In strong bottles w ith yuLL ilirefctloii, sna sent to nny pn fK of tho cou n try by express, on tho reoelpt of ono dollar, a t 5 Hayward Placo, w licro It m ay bo obtained. Doso—IB to (JO drops. V ery agreeable to tako. July#—tf

Ge o r g e a t k i n b . c l a i r v o y a n t ' a S d .1 h e a u k oMEDIUM, m ay Ibr the present bo consultoil at Wet-

b ie r , Mabb. ' In eases w horo slckucss o r distance prevent* personal a ttendan ce,'by-enclosin g a look o f halr with nam e, age, and plaoo o f rosidenco, tho patient will obtain as oxam lnatlon.gnd preacrlpUon, written out* w ith all rcquWts directions. Mr. A. nlso ouros the sick by tho la y in g on of hand* an d w ill, w hen doslrcd, v isit tho siok in peiuon.: i ' ' ; •'‘ Torm s, w hon the pationt. Ib p r cB e u t ,s l; w hon absent, M. P aym en t b‘ ‘ • ■ . . - .P a ym en t strictly in advance. tf— 9 June!

Na t u r a l a b t r o lo g y .—PnoFEsson hubs1 at his roBldonco, 'No. 13 Osborn Ptotoi loadlfig Iro®

Ploasant street* a fow blocks from Washington Btreet,' iMtoB.Ladios and gontlomon will bo favored by him with such ac­counts of their Pabt, Present and Futube, ai may be him In tho exercise of thoBe Natural Powers, with which W fooH himself endowed. - " ’ - ' . _1:Hour* or oonBultatlon from7 A ;M .,to9 P.M.

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